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Standing Stone
A weather-beaten boulder sits in a clearing high above the Berkshire Hills. Sharp field grass and cattails stand sentry by a nearby clover-shaped pond. Silence. […]
Open House: Mix Masters
Gary Lazarus and Monte Levin didn’t waste time agonizing over how to decorate their new Back Bay abode. Returning to Boston after spending the past […]
Mass Made: Solid Gold
Working with gold leaf is a perilous business. The 22-carat sheets are mere wisps, paper-thin and prone to instant disintegration. A small book of a […]
Icon: Beacon Hill Door Knockers
Benjamin’s pattern books, the unadorned knocker was as common as the boot scraper. When Boston became a center of wealth, homeowners sprung for fancier hardware. […]
Forecast: My Kitchen, Myself
The moment we set foot in the brownstone’s wreck of a kitchen we knew we could transform it. We hadn’t been looking for a project; […]
Builder's Notebook: One Year, One House
THE BACKSTORYAfter bouncing around the country for nearly a decade, Sundar Srinivasan and Lara Bodie bought their first house, a five-bedroom English cottage in Brookline. […]
Joe Six-Pack
The subject is bathroom, and Joe Kennedy, congressman, scion of America’s royal family, and inevitable gubernatorial candidate, has a question. “Okay, I live in Brighton,” […]
The Making of the Remaking of Edward M. Kennedy
Three years ago, Edward Moore Kennedy’s campaign for the presidency of the United States began with a series of errors. On November 4, 1979, two […]
Teddy's Pleasure
“You really enjoy campaigning, don’t you?” Teddy Kennedy considered the question. He was sitting in the front seat of his black Chevy, nibbling on a […]
State of Grace
One dreary morning last February, Michael Sullivan sat in his Brockton office contemplating the daunting task of ridding Massachusetts of 38-year incumbent U.S. Senator Edward […]