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CONCORD: DOES PICTURE- PERFECT EVER GO TOO FAR? LYDIA GRAMSTAD A RURAL COMMUNITY 20 MILES NW OF BOSTON, 15 MILES N OF WELLESLEY CONCORD LAND USE GREEN = OPEN LAND YELLOW = RESIDENTIAL RED = COMMERCIAL HOUSES IN URBAN + RURAL AREAS OF

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DOES PICTURE- PERFECT EVER GO TOO FAR?

CONCORD:

LYDIA GRAMSTAD

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CONCORD LAND USE

GREEN = OPEN LAND YELLOW = RESIDENTIAL RED = COMMERCIAL

A RURAL COMMUNITY 20 MILES NW OF BOSTON, 15 MILES N OF WELLESLEY

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HOUSES IN URBAN + RURAL AREAS OF CONCORD

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CONCORD’S HISTORIC LEGACY: (CLOCKWISE) OLD NORTH BRIDGE WITH MINUTEMAN STATUE, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT’S ORCHARD HOUSE, THE OLD MANSE, AUTHOR’S RIDGE IN SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY, THOREAU FARM

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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION (HDC):

REVIEW EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS

CONCORD HISTORICAL COMMISSION (CHC):

SAFEGUARD UNIQUE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES; DEMOLITION REVIEW

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PROJECT RENDERINGS

CONCORD MUSEUM

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CONCORD MUSEUM EXPANSION AS OF APRIL

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CONCORD LIBRARY

EXISTING LIBRARY   + ADJACENT HOUSE

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CONCORD LIBRARY

BROWN = LIBRARY YELLOW = HISTORIC HOUSE BLUE = PROPOSED ADDITION

PROPOSED LIBRARY EXPANSION AS OF APRIL

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BROOKS STEVENS JR. ESTATE

OLDER + RECENT PHOTOS

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A NEED FOR THE DESIGNS OF TODAY

FINAL THOUGHTS:

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PHOTO SOURCES

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Author’s photographs, April 2019.

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Civic Moxie, “Existing Conditions Excerpt from the Envision Concord Public Event – Part 2 Presentation,” October 21, 2017.

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Concord Museum, ConcordMuseumCampaign.org, 2019.

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Find a Grave, “Sleepy Hollow Cemetery,” October 2014.

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Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area, “Thoreau,” 2016.

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Johnson Roberts Associates, Inc., “Concord Free Public Library Expansion Presentation to the Concord Historic District,” March 21, 2019.

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Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, “About Us,” 2018. Screenshot of Boston metropolitan area from Google Maps, May 2019.

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Town of Concord, “Demolition Review - 1075 Lowell Road,” 2019.

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Town of Concord, “Map of Historic Districts,” April 2018.

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Wikipedia, “The Old Manse,” April 2009.

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Wytchery, “Revolutionary War Battlefields: Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts,” 2014.