Firestone Plaza

Firestone Plaza was given in memory of Roger S. Firestone '35, an inscription on one of its flagstones says, ``For The Enjoyment Of All Who Pause Here Or Pass This Way.'' Designed by the University's consulting landscape architect, Robert L. Zion, the plaza's widened bluestone walkways, limestone benches and sitting steps, trees, shrubs, and ground cover draw together the much frequented campus area enclosed by Firestone Library, the University Chapel, Chancellor Green Student Center, and East Pyne Building. The plaza was constructed in 1976-1977 with funds contributed by Roger Firestone's widow, Anne Firestone, and his friend, charter trustee Laurance S. Rockefeller '32. Roger Firestone was the youngest of Harvey Firestone, Sr.'s five Princeton sons, the principal donors of the library that bears his name.

From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978).