Under the Radar

Preserving History, One Building at a Time

Patch columnist Marsia Mason hopes Moorestown always holds onto its architectural heritage.

The British have an expression I've heard frequently in movies, one used when the upper-crusters were forced to lower their standard of living due to some unforeseen financial setback: "We must retrench!" We, on this side of the pond, use the term "tighten one's belt," but I do so prefer retrench. And even though it does not apply to our change of vacation venue, I will use it nonetheless to describe the fact that this year we have retrenched, hauling our beach gear from Ship Bottom to Beach Haven, from an aqua shoebox the size and shape of a stick of butter to a worn-out ranch house, circa 1960. Our house is an embarrassment to the homes surrounding it. The huge gray monolith to the right, with its postcard-perfect garden and cute 'lil "…

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