[MassHistPres] a new England building

[Cynthia Burr]

Marcia .. my advice for referencing "distinctive New England buildings"  for a big box to emulate would be to point out some mill buildings in the Greenfield area.  Mills are often BIG buildings, multi-floors, often of brick fabric, with many window and door openings.  The brick work is often artistic; the windows are often the most distinctive feature, breaking up a very large, long facade.  Sometimes the buildings ARE broken up with a patchwork of additions ... lending to varying heights, openings, rooflines, etc.

You can tell from my very layman's terms .. I'm no architect or design professional ... but I have appeared before many many planning and zoning board hearings.

Good luck!  We've had small successes in Millbury over the years.


Cynthia K. Burr, Executive Director 
Millbury Improvement Initiative, inc. 
P.O. Box 767, Millbury, MA 01527



-----Original Message-----
From: Marcia Starkey <mdstarkey at crocker.com>
To: masshistpres <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
Sent: Sun, Apr 24, 2011 9:47 pm
Subject: [MassHistPres] a new England building



Hello,
 
Recently, a member of the Greenfield Planning Board told the proponent of a “big box” retail project that she would like to see the design be more like a New England building.   I can think of characteristics of the design that seem to me to not be characteristic of New England: a flat roof, dissimilar window sections, dissimilar forms in joined sections for instance.  Are there people on this listserve  who could help her describe “a New England building” ?    
 
Marcia Starkey, Greenfield MA Historical Commission
 
 


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