$199,200, 3 BR, 2.5 baths.

Click for more…

WHEN Mary Catherine Bateson was a freshman at Radcliffe, she and the man she was dating went to hear her mother, Margaret Mead, lecture on the future of the American family. Afterward, back in her beau’s room, Dr. Bateson averred that the future of the American family would surely not include her, because with role models like her parents — Dr. Bateson likes to say that her mother was thrice divorced while her father, the British anthropologist Gregory Bateson, was thrice married — she would never, ever marry.

“How could I possibly know how?” she said.

Yet by the end of that conversation, Dr. Bateson, who went on to have careers as an anthropologist, linguist and author, and J. Barkev Kassarjian, now a professor of management and a business consultant, found themselves engaged.

They’re still married.  Here’s the rest of the article…

Charming cape in Malvern area with oak floors, boxed-beam ceilings, modern granite eat-in kitchen.  4 BR, 2.5 baths, 2-car garage. $580,000.  More details…

Come see!

Open House by Lisa Jones Crowley.  Listing courtesy of Ceci Amrhein and Bill Gallasch, Joyner Fine Properties.

View Larger Map

Robert A.M. Stern, the dean of the Yale School of Architecture and a New York-based architect, is famous for his broad palette of traditional styles that includes neoclassical, gothic and art deco. So it was no surprise to see his condominium tower at 15 Central Park West draw heavily on the classic prewar New York apartment, complete with crown molding and parquet floors.

Mr. Stern’s luxury condos don’t hew to prewar standards in every respect, of course; they have all the modern amenities (and then some) that you’d expect for eight figures. Still, it’s striking how far the floor plans veer from tradition in a place that has come to define the modern American home: the kitchen.

Prewar kitchens, no matter how grand the apartment, were for servants and wives. They were small spaces, the only light coming via the air shaft, closed off by double-swing doors. Many of 15 Central Park West’s apartments, in contrast, have open, airy kitchens big enough for tables, islands, sofas and widescreen TVs. And Mr. Stern’s designs aren’t alone — whether in new apartment towers or suburban homes, today’s kitchens are as much about entertaining and relaxing as slicing and boiling.

Here’s a link to the rest of the article. Keep going – it’s an interesting read.

2003 Park Avenue in the Fan

This is a truly cool house with lovely outdoor space in the back and the side and, as you can see from the photo, a fab kitchen.  The house is totally renovated and filled with light.  Wow.  $435,000, 3 BR, 1.5 baths.  Click here for more photos & details.

Listing courtesy of Lacy Williams, Joyner Fine Properties.

View Larger Map