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Breuer in Wellfleet

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Cape Cod Modern House Trust, Marcel Breuer, Preservation On April 4, 2012

From our friends at the Cape Cod Modern House Trust, comes this call for action supporting the Wellfleet Historic Review Board’s effort to maintain a demolition delay list. Preservation can be a tricky cause in some instances, and as a real estate broker, I have been embroiled in one or two. But in the case…

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Sold: Peacock Farm Listing!

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Mid-Century Modern, Peacock Farm, SOLD, Walter Pierce On April 2, 2012

We have listed another Peacock Farm classic. UNDER AGREEMENT Bright and updated mid-century modern: Five bedroom, three full bath original Peacock Farm house designed by noted architects Walter Pierce (see interview here) and Danforth Compton, updated and well-maintained by the original owners and improved extensively since 2010 by the current owners. Nestled thoughtfully into the 1/3-acre…

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Sold: Lexington Listing, “the Dunn House” Designed by Ira Rakatansky

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Apartment Therapy, Bauhaus, Ira Rakatansky, Lexington, Listings, Marcel Breuer, Mid-Century Modern, SOLD, Walter Gropius On March 30, 2012

See post below for more photos [slideshow exclude=”1776,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785″] The Dunn House, 58 Hill Street, Lexington (Under Agreement; Showing for Back-Up Offers) One of an enclave of two homes designed by noted master Modernist architect, Ira Rakatansky,  this 3052 square-foot house, built in 1955, has six bedrooms; three full baths, including an en suite master bath;…

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New Lexington Listing, “the Dunn House” Designed by Ira Rakatansky

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Apartment Therapy, Bauhaus, Ira Rakatansky, Lexington, Listings, Marcel Breuer, Mid-Century Modern, Walter Gropius On March 30, 2012

Click any photo to enlarge: [slideshow exclude=”1776,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785″] The Dunn House, 58 Hill Street, Lexington (Under Agreement; Showing for Back-Up Offers) One of an enclave of two homes designed by noted master Modernist architect, Ira Rakatansky,  this 3052 square-foot house, built in 1955, has six bedrooms; three full baths, including an en suite master bath; a…

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ModernMass (and other stuff) on Pinterest

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Mid-Century Modern, Pinterest On February 20, 2012

  You can follow me on Pinterest. I am mostly posting cool mod houses and other mid-century items there.

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Roost

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Boston Magazine On February 3, 2012

A cool new blog from my friend, Rachael Slade, over at Boston Magazine’s site.  

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Lincoln Hilltop Stunner

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Previews On January 26, 2012

I had the pleasure today to finally visit this listing atop Tabor Hill Road in Lincoln. Tabor Hill is a cul-de-sac of Henry Hoover-designed and other modernist homes, culminating at the top of the road with buena vistas out over the reservoir, Route 2, Lexington and the Boston skyline beyond. This siting of this renovated…

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AD 20/21

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Art, design, furniture On January 23, 2012

Omnibus Sectional sofa by Vladimir Kagan, from Machine Age, and exhibitor at AD 20/21 AD 20/21 Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries & The Boston Print Fair will be returning to the Cyclorama, at the Boston Center for the Arts for it’s 5th year March 15-18, 2012. Building on the success of…

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Dieter Rams

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in design On December 29, 2011

A piece here on the SFMOMA retrospective of the work of designer Dieter Rams. It is fun tracing the lineage of good, clean, modern industrial design from Apple, to Polaroid (we just sold the house of an erstwhile Polaroid designer), to Braun, and Bang & Olufsen.  

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Seems like Eames’…

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Eames On December 7, 2011

…are everywhere now, what with the new film and all. By the way, that is screening here in Boston at the Museum of Fine Arts. Mark Feeney has a review in the Globe today. More details here. In the meantime, you can watch Ice Cube tour the Eames house in Los Angeles at the New…

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New York Times on New England Modernist Perservation

New York Times on New England Modernist Perservation

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Earl Flansburgh, Henry Hoover, Historic New England, John Flansburgh, Lexington, lincoln, modernism, New York Times, Polly Flansburgh, press On December 4, 2011

Regular readers will recall a post for a listing we had for a Deck House in Lincoln. We mentioned it being in close proximity to the well-known Flansburgh House, which architecte Earl Flansburgh built for his own family (which includes his son, John of They Might Be Giants). Well, now comes an article in the…

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New Peacock Farm-Area Offering

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in homes for sale, Peacock Farm On December 3, 2011

There is a new listing in the Pleasant Brook section, adjacent to the Peacock Farm neighborhood, for $699,000, listed with Coldwell Banker. As always, John Tse and Bill Janovitz are always available as buyer agents for this and other brokers’ listings. Contact us for more information.  

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