What’s Up Newport — Letter To The Editor: ‘Quality of Life’ but not for ‘Rejects’
May 9, 2023
By By Ryan Patrick Kelley, a Newport resident — The next time you’re looking for a sliver of parking near Reject’s or Rough Point, you may be (even more) out of luck.
That’s because the Newport City Council is about to vote on turning a public road into, essentially, a City-subsidized driveway.
If you’re driving east on Rovensky Avenue (past the Resident Sticker Parking signs) and cross Bellevue, you’ll find yourself on Yznaga Avenue; a beautiful, wall-and-tree-lined street smack dab in the middle of two $30 Million estates: Clarendon Court and Miramar.
While the makeshift, rope-and-stanchion fencing may make you feel like you’re trespassing on a private lane, according to City plat maps – and the City services Yznaga receives – you’re very much on a public street.
And, up until now, mere mortals were allowed to legally park along the north side of this extremely regal road.
The long and short of this saga is this: at the very end of Yznaga, there is a more modest mansion – amongst the mega estates – tucked behind the carriage house of Clarendon Court yet setback from the Cliff Walk and the sweeping views of the Atlantic.
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