[MassHistPres] Westport Historical Commission court case -

[Anne Louro]

If you Google map the address you can get a street view of the property, specifically the store. 

Anne Louro

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On Jun 12, 2012, at 5:07 PM, "Jill Fisher" <jillfisher47 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> It would be most interesting to view the visual evidence presented by the plaintiffs (or Commission) which showed the surrounding context, the historic buildings in question, etc.  It may be that the Commission did not advocate strongly enough for the significance of the Vernacular store building or that it was being too purist in its approach as to not allow any change within the district whatsoever.  Hard to say whether this was an inappropriate decision without understanding the entire background.
> 
> Jill Fisher, AICP 
> Principal Planner 
> Larson Fisher Associates, Inc. 
> Historic Preservation & Planning Services 
> PO Box 1394 
> Woodstock, NY 12498 
> 845-679-5054 
> jillfisher47 at hotmail.com 
> 
> www.larsonfisher.com 
> 
>  
> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:06:18 -0400
> From: jane.loos at gmail.com
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: [MassHistPres] Westport Historical Commission court case -
> 
> Attached is the court order where a judge ruled that his judgement about appropriateness/scale supersedes that of a Commission.   We are stunned.
> 
> 
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