[MassHistPres] a new England building

[Malloy, Nathaniel]

Marcia,

A quick look at the Greenfield’s zoning ordinance provides the following:


1.      Within the Corridor Overlay District-

B. Purpose. The purpose of the Corridor Overlay District is to create attractive entryways into Greenfield, to minimize strip development and traffic congestion, to protect scenic and natural features, and to promote high quality building and site design.


J. Design guidelines. All development except single-family residences in the Corridor Overlay District shall comply with the Planning Board Design Guidelines. The guidelines are intended to express the Town's design objectives for the Corridor and to provide direction to applicants in designing development and to the Zoning Board of Appeals in reviewing development in the Corridor Overlay District. The guidelines are intended to be flexible. Applicants shall address each design guideline but may propose alternative design solutions.

The Planning Board design guidelines can be found here:
http://greenfieldma.virtualtownhall.net/Pages/GreenfieldMA_Planning/design.pdf

This would be a good starting point—I know there was a letter to the editor in the Greenfield Recorder that did a thorough job of critiquing the design using the guidelines.

Thanks.



Sincerely,

Nathaniel Malloy
Associate Planner
Town of Amherst
413.259.3040
413.259.2410 [fax]

From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Carol
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:51 AM
To: Marcia Starkey
Cc: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] a new England building

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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