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All Posts in Category: Mid-Century Modern

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Five Fields in the Boston Globe

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Boston Globe, Five Fields, Lexington, Mid-Century Modern, press, publicity, TAC, Walter Gropius On August 20, 2013

  A truly excellent and comprehensive article by Linda Matchan that captures what makes Five Fields so special. Link here. Excerpt: …It is part of a small, tightknit, and, for its time, radical community of modernist homes known as Five Fields. The neighborhood, established in the postwar 1950s by a group of local architects, including…

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Sold: New Five Fields Listing!

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Dick Morehouse, Five Fields, Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, SOLD On May 22, 2013

  Click here for full post (below).

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South Shore Modern in Scituate

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Frank Lloyd Wright, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Scituate, South Shore On May 2, 2013

Click any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] 97 Lawson Road, Scituate. Offered at $369,000 Most of the properties we feature are our own listings and are located in the western suburbs of Boston. Every once in a while we spotlight a worthy listing outside of our coverage area, and this is a special one, custom-designed…

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Sold: Our First Peacock Farm New Listing of 2013!

Sold: Our First Peacock Farm New Listing of 2013!

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Peacock Farm, SOLD, Walter Pierce On April 25, 2013

Photos by Lara Kimmerer (interior) and John Tse (exterior). Click any photo to enlarge: [slideshow caption=”on”] 53 Peacock Farm Road. Offered at $760,000.  Use the Contact button to schedule a private showing. Pictured in the 2013 New York Times last month, this is only the second Peacock Farm listing to be put on the market since our listing…

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Sold: Five Fields Lexington New Listing

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Five Fields, Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, SOLD, TAC On April 5, 2013

  Available!

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Core Modern in Sudbury

Core Modern in Sudbury

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Core Contemporary, Mid-Century Modern On March 19, 2013

Our friends and clients, David and Sarah, bought a cool Core Contemporary house in Sudbury and have done a fantastic job improving the place. It is featured here at Ampersand Vintage Modern.

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Walter Pierce 1920-2013

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Lexington Minuteman, Mid-Century Modern, modernism, Peacock Farm, Walter Pierce On March 17, 2013

We were very saddened to learn of the loss of Peacock Farm architect, Walter Pierce, a Lexington and Boston-area modernist legend and a true innovator. We were fortunate enough to interview him in 2011. The New York Times notice links to that interview. The Lexington Minuteman also had a front page notice of Mr. Pierce’s passing….

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Sampling of Inventory

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Available Inventory, Buyer Agency, Cambridge, Core Contemporary, homes for sale, lincoln, Mid-Century Modern, modernism, Sudbury, Walter Bogner, Wayland On February 27, 2013

Every once in a while, it is good to remind our readers that we also work as exclusive buyer’s agents. Time is too limited for us to work in a non-exclusive relationship (though we can limit our exclusivity to certain towns, leaving buyers free to work with other agents in other areas). Often, we are…

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Sampling of Available Inventory

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in homes for sale, Mid-Century Modern, modernism On January 2, 2013

Happy 2013! The dead of winter is always the slowest time for real estate in these parts, but inventory is particularly tight this year. We have been getting inquiries from some buyers who are frustrated that most of our listings under our Homes for Sale page are already sold (by the way, not all of the…

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Sold: Turning Mill, Lexington

Sold: Turning Mill, Lexington

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Carl Koch, Demar Rd., Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Middle Ridge, SOLD, Turning Mill On September 11, 2012

8 Demar Road. $624,000. Check out the full post below.

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Ralph Rapson

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Bauhaus, Ben Thompson, Carl Koch, Design Research, Jane Thompson, Mid-Century Modern, Ralph Rapson, The House of Doors, The Schechter House On June 28, 2012

With our new listing at 4 Turning Mill Road coming on the market this week, I was reminded of the Ralph Rapson-designed home around the corner at 34 Robinson Road. It was last sold in 2007 for $727,605. At that time, my visits there showed that it needed a lot of work, but what a…

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Sold: Expanded Mid-Century Modern in Turning Mill Lexington

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Architectural Planning Associates, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, SOLD, Turning Mill On April 25, 2012

See post below for more photos. 2 Partridge Road, Lexington UNDER AGREEMENT The promise of the undeniable curb appeal is fulfilled in this large, lovingly maintained mid-century modern in Turning Mill, close to the Paint Rock neighborhood pool, with four bedrooms; two and a half baths, including an en suite master bath; central air; and 2592 square…

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