Now I tell people they must go before the planning board for an architectural review of a new house.
Based on her influential series of articles for the "Architectural Review"
Main Street was one of the first in the state to require architectural review of exterior building modifications.
So far, 21 applications have required architectural review.
When it was built, the Prudential Tower received mostly positive architectural reviews.
But no one seems to have written anything about The Terrace, and anyway, it's a rare developer who thinks architectural reviews sell space.
The new ordinance expands the powers of the building inspector, permitting him to send applications to the village planning board for architectural review.
But the exterior appearance and overall footprint of the house is controlled by town zoning and architectural review.
"Planning, zoning, architectural review, soil erosion, you name it," Hoppy said, as if he fought these wars every day.
In a 1939 survey by The Architectural Review a panel of celebrities ranked it as their second favourite modern building.