bomber turrets, and the early adoption of flexible open plan interiors. TAC's willingness to experiment with industrial materials was an example of Modernists' embracing of the "rise of the machine". Modernists saw industrialization as a potential force for good and were eager to experiment with new materials, finding value in the use of unadorned materials that would have been shunned in more traditional buildings. Not all of the TAC innovations were successful. Anthony Thompson, who grew up there and was the son of TAC partner Ben Thompson, noted he loved living there, but that "the roof leaked. The house was drafty. There was no privacy. Form did not follow function." Six Moon Hill gained early prestige when an article in Architectural Forum featured dramatic photographs by Ezra Stoller who had previously published key works by Frank Lloyd Wright and Alvar Aalto. As described in that 1950 article, three year's after the neighborhood's incorporation, 19 houses had been built with costs ranging from $10,000 to $22,000 with floor plans--moderate in both price and size. Landscape and environment The rocky hill on which the neighborhood is built provides many visual reminders of New England's glacial past, with large expanses of granite ledge visible outside and sometimes inside the houses. The neighborhood is crossed with rough stone walls of a form typical to this part of New England, which are essentially linear piles of large rocks, placed there by settlers in the 18th and early 19th century. At the time the former grazing land was purchased by TAC, some of the steeper areas had become reforested. Photographs of the newly built houses show young juniper and birch trees, which are typical pioneer species that emerge after an area ceases to be grazed or mowed. Most recently the area is populated with many mature white pines, hickory, red and white oaks which thrive in the highly acidic, stony soil. The terrain, which might have been considered a disadvantage to most suburban builders, was an inspiration to TAC architects. They sited their houses to take maximum advantage of distant views, winter sunlight, and summer breezes. Through thoughtful siting, they achieved an effect that was more rural in character than other neighborhoods of comparable density. They acknowledged the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright in the use of large overhangs to block out strong summer sunlight. Although the new buildings were in many ways thoughtfully designed in