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Twin City Federal will pecially by Village'Man- H o w e v e r, officials with a cookie cutter," he
construct a two-story ager Michael Miller. from the savings and stated. "But there ought
building at the' new Ma- "T h e appearance," loan company objected. to be a harmonious
plewood Mall. Miller explained, "is one They argued that their blending.". •
Maplewood's Village of a large residential, colonial style buildings • However, the thinking
C o u n c i 1 last week mansion substan- had become a "trade- expressed by Council-
okayed plans for the co- tially out of scale . . . mark." particularly in man John Greavu car-
lonial-style structure in with the overall Maple-' suburban communities. ried the day.
the sprawling regional wood Mall architectural Councilman Don Wie- - .
.shopping center going design.". • gert defended Miller's "I think this (Twin
up at Beam and White He suggested revision stand — for more "conti- City Federal Building)
Bear avenues. of the plan along -lines nuity" in the building de- will do justice to the
But some misgivings similar to Twin City signs in the mall. • mall," he stated. "Now
about the building de- Federal's building' i n "I'm not saying they' we're getting too much
sign were expressed, es- downtown St. Paul. should be hammered out of one thing."