Obituary: John J. Burns Jr., 85, corporate leader, longtime resident
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John J. Burns Jr., 85, of New Canaan, passed away suddenly on March 10, 2017, in Naples, Fla.
Mr. Burns was born on June 27, 1931 in Cambridge, Mass., the eldest son of John Joseph Burns, the son of Irish immigrants and a Massachusetts Superior Court judge, and Alice Blake Burns of Malden, Mass. Mr. Burns was a graduate of Boston College, where he played football, and went on to receive an MBA from Harvard Business School. He then served in the U.S. Navy for two years as storekeeper on the destroyer USS Purdy.
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An overhead view of the proposed new library. Specs by Turner
New Canaan Library through many early design iterations sought to include the original 1913 building, the organization’s executive director said last week.
Yet in acquiring an adjacent South Avenue property in 2017, opening up new possibilities for the best possible design, as well as a fundraising feasibility study “and a careful assessment of the functional needs for the building and grounds, the design could no longer incorporate the original facade into the building within these parameters,” Lisa Oldham told members of the Planning & Zoning Commission during their regular meeting.
“The library then began to explore how it might retain the original structure, freestanding on-site,” Oldham said during the March 30 meeting, held via videoconference. “Several options for relocating it on the green were explored. In weighing these options, the library considered the following: First, the cost to rebuild the s
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