CONWAY — Reviews were mixed during a design presentation last Thursday of a redo of TD Bank’s branch on Eastman Road, with board members criticizing the proposed two-story building as looking too modern.
The presentation was given at the Conway Planning Board’s Dec. 9 meeting by civil engineer Nicole Duquette of Greenman-Pedersen Inc. of Portland, Maine, and architect Jason Cohen of Burgmeyer Associates of Boston.
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I don't see a problem. Do you know what a giraffe is? A giraffe is a horse that a planning board put together.
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