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Always Worth a Reminder — We Sell All Sorts of Real Estate

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Buyer Agency, Marketing, Mid-Century Modern, modernism, Traditional On Oct 08, 2018

We sell all kinds of residential real estate: old; new; traditional; condos; multi-families; large Victorians; tiny Capes; Colonials; and yes, Mid-Century Modern. But sometimes we have to remind people that less than half of our overall sales (over $40 million annually) come from Modern homes. As we say over at the About page, the ModernMass…

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Iconic House II Can Be Yours $425k

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in DOCOMOMO, Dwell, homes for sale, House II, modernism, New York Times, Peter Eidenman, Preservation, Vermont On May 24, 2017

The following is an urgent note for a preservation opportunity for this famous house.   Hi All, We’re reaching the zero hour for Peter Eisenman’s House II in Hardwick, Vermont. I spoke with the owner yesterday, and he is willing to sell the house and 15 acres for $425,000 to anyone who will save the…

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Beautifully Bold in the Foothills of Blue Hills

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Boston Globe, Canton, Energy efficient, Hutker Architects, James O'Day Landscape Architect, Jon McKee, Listings, modernism, SOLD On Oct 04, 2016

125 Green Street, Canton. Offered at $1,125,000. (Sold) Photos by Lara Kimmerer unless otherwise noted. Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show. Contact us to arrange a private showing or with questions. As we have noted in past posts, early New England Modernist architect, Henry Hoover, once proclaimed, “A house is…

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Boston.com New Article on Area Modernism

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Boston Globe, Henry Hoover, lincoln, Mid-Century Modern, modernism, press, Walter Gropius On Jun 08, 2016

We are quoted in a new article posted a few days ago on Boston.com

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Our Tour of Conantum

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Brown's Wood, Carl Koch, Conantum, Concord, Five Fields, Kendal Common, Mid-Century Modern, modernism, New construction, Peacock Farm, Six Moon Hill, Snake Hill, Techbuilt, Video On Nov 19, 2013

In the early 1950s, along 190 acres along the Sudbury River, not far from where Concord, Sudbury, and Lincoln meet, a Modernist neighborhood conceptualized by MIT Economics Professor, W. Rupert Maclaurin, and designed by Techbuilt and Snake Hill architect, Carl Koch, was developed. Renee Garrelick compiled an oral history of the neighborhood in 1986 (archived by the…

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Interview with John Flansburgh

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Earl Flansburgh, John Flansburgh, lincoln, modernism, Polly Flansburgh On Sep 03, 2013

Interesting interview here with John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants, speaking in part about growing up in the landmark Modernist house his father, Earl, designed in Lincoln.

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Sally Harkness, 1915-2013

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, modernism, Sally Harkness, Six Moon Hill, TAC On Jul 11, 2013

We were saddened to learn last month of the passing of Sally Harkness, a true innovator, at 98. At the time of her passing, Ms. Harkness was still living at the house she designed 65 years ago at Six Moon Hill, the neighborhood she co-founded with her colleagues in The Architects Collaborative (TAC). Here is…

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Boston Sunday Globe on Walter Pierce and Architecture at UMass

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Bauhaus, Boston Globe, Edward Durell Stone, Five Fields, Hugh Stubbins, Kevin Roche, Lexington, lincoln, Marcel Breuer, modernism, University of Massachusetts On Mar 24, 2013

  The Globe today covers two subjects near and dear to my heart. Bryan Marquard has written a nice tribute to Walter Pierce, including links to our 2011 interview with him for this site. In the Ideas section of same edition is a very interesting article by Max Page about the architecture of the University…

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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 Mar 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 Feb 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 Jan 02, 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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Icon or Eyesore: Metropolis Magazine

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in boston, brutalist, modernism, Preservation On Nov 02, 2012

An interesting multi-part series examining issues in preserving Modernist buildings around Boston at Metropolis Magazine.

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