Talk:Shadow Brook Farm Historic District

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I've just expanded this article exclusively based on the cited work by FX Shea. Haven't bothered with page numbers, nor sprinkling text with repetitive citations. Rather I indicate periodically that material is "according to Shea" etc.

Offering page numbers, etc., I'll leave to others. I recommend the book, which is presently available online here [[1]]

Calamitybrook (talk) 16:11, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Quotations regarding plans for the late 1950s bldg to replace mansion

I corrected the "monumental mendacity" quotation to "monmumental mediocrity," which is what the priest is actually quoted as saying. Also, I removed the statement that Shea called the plan "artistically dismal," because he didn't. Here's the actual excerpt from the Shea book (page 66):

All this is preparatory, of course, to saying that the new plans were being roundly clobbered by Father Carroll and Father Ryan. The point seemed to be that the room placement was inept, and the overall effect artistically dismal. Father Carroll contended, “If we need a new Shadowbrook-—and anyone who has lived in this firetrap knows we do—couldn’t we get something better than this?” And he added with the phrase-maker’s proper pride, “It’s a monumental mediocrity.”

--Orlady (talk) 15:33, 15 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]