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Be close to the water, at these homes for sale in Weymouth and Quincy
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (53+ words) 52 WACHUSETT ROAD / WEYMOUTH LOT SIZE 0.15 acre BEDROOMS 3 BATHS 1 LAST SOLD FOR $150,000 in 1989 197 BILLINGS STREET / QUINCY LOT SIZE 0.14 acre BEDROOMS 3 BATHS 1 full, 1 half LAST SOLD FOR Unknown Jon Gorey is a regular contributor to the Globe Magazine. Send comments to [email protected]....
Cambridge passed the most ambitious housing reform in the US. Now comes the building, and the backlash.
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1053+ words) CAMBRIDGE — Depending who you ask, the project at 9 Wyman Road in Huron Village represents either the solution to Cambridge’s stifling housing shortage, or a bellwether of upheaval to the city’s most cherished neighborhoods. The proposal would have a developer knock…...
Perched high, this solar-powered home on 52.6 acres showcases Vermont’s natural beauty
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (520+ words) 167 Ward Hill Road, Tunbridge, Vermont Christopher M. Young knew his goal: Design an energy-efficient home for his family, one that maximized solar gain, and could take advantage of the clearing on Ward Hill 1,500 feet above the First Branch of the White…...
Less is more: Close quarters call for purposeful design in South Boston town house
1+ week, 2+ day ago (322+ words) A handwritten sign across the street from a neighborhood playground led Margaret and Sean Duddy to their new home: A compact Colonial town house with a small courtyard on a corner lot in Southie. Built in 1885, the 1,426-square-foot home had…...
A Martha’s Vineyard guest studio inspired the vision for this Concord condo makeover
1+ week, 2+ day ago (412+ words) Diem cited very specific inspiration for the home’s look and feel. Her daughter, Pam Diem Willis, and son-in-law, Chris Willis — owners of Pammy’s restaurant in Cambridge — have a warm, wood-lined guest studio on Martha’s Vineyard where Mary stays when she…...
Renovating Cambridge’s historic Asa Gray House: How we did it
4+ week, 1+ day ago (485+ words) Historic homes remind me of how lucky we are to live in a part of the country where history abounds. Not just homes, but historical factories, grist mills, and dams that all help tell the story of our country and…...
With ‘Where’s Boston? Fifty Years Later,’ the Athenaeum looks at a city looking at itself.
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (221+ words) Born in South Carolina, Constantine Manos (1934-2025) moved to the South End in the 1960s. So he was local without being a native. That status usefully positioned Manos to make such a major contribution to “Where’s Boston?” The name “Where’s Boston?” likely…...
Copley Square 3.0: the unveiling, and from some, the unleashing
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (412+ words) But the one apparent tweak I stand firmly against is referring to the space as “Copley Square Park,” which seems to hold it out at a slight distance and knock if off its pedestal as an icon. Granted, it is…...
A mother’s favorite color imbues a cottage in Maine’s Penobscot Bay with memory and meaning
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (451+ words) Elizabeth Grob, who grew up in Maine, always dreamed of owning a home on the water. When the opportunity arose to buy the home her parents built along Penobscot Bay, she and her husband, Charles Gagnon, took it. “We looked…...
The new Copley Square trades old problems for new ones, but maybe we can learn to love it, anyway
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (859+ words) But, keep walking. Just past the familiar fountain, in place since the square‘s last do-over in the 1980s, that lovely embrace releases you into the void: a hard expanse of concrete pavers baking one recent morning in the heat of…...