[MassHistPres] a new England building

[Carol]

Marcia: 
Were there any big box retail buildings in Colonial times? Not many I'd say. I'd hope an historical architect on this listserve could help design something (or at least give a few ideas) in keeping with early New England buildings. 
Good Luck. 


Carol M Carlson 
Bedford MA HDC 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcia Starkey" <mdstarkey at crocker.com> 
To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu 
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 9:45:07 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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