[MassHistPres] Local Historic District protection of sites and places

[Dennis De Witt]

A town common is a place or site.  An attempt to build there in an LHD would be subject to review.

A mill pond is a place or site.  The effect of demolishing a dam, even if not in an LHD, that affected the mill pond in the LHD arguably would be subject to review.

Dennis De Witt
Brookline


On Aug 5, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Marcia Starkey <mdstarkey at crocker.com> wrote:

> I have assumed that “places” and “sites” are best identified by local commissions. One dictionary definition of site is “local position, groundplot” while places are “a special locality”. 
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> Marcia Starkey, Greenfield
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> From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu [mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of David Feigenbaum
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2014 8:47 PM
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> Subject: [MassHistPres] Local Historic District protection of sites and places
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> Chapter 40C refers (in the section on its purpose) to "preservation and protection of the distinctive characteristics of buildings and places significant in the history of the commonwealth and its cities and towns or their architecture, and through the maintenance and improvement of settings for such buildings and places."
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> What is a place? I assume it is not a building. Can someone give me an example of a place?
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> Later, in a number of places, Chapter 40C refers to "buildings, structures orsites."
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> What is a site? I assume it is not a buiding or a structure. Can someone give me an example of a site?"
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> David Feigenbaum
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