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Gifted pianist and teacher expressed her soul through music
The front door opens into a bright, airy living room adorned with gray and soft-blue furnishings and a natural-wood-topped coffee table. On it, a shallow basket holds a small plant and an antique cigar box that hides the TV remote control. A stack of terrazzo coasters sits on a book entitled Lake Champlain: Reflections on…
In the early 20th century, affordable homes could be ordered through Sears catalogs — in fact, such kit houses still stand in Burlington. But housing is more complicated today, and this issue of Nest explores its nuances. As skyrocketing real estate prices edge buyers and renters out of the market, new builds in downtown districts…
When architect Daniel Goltzman bought his home in the Five Sisters neighborhood of Burlington in 2013, he felt lucky. Just getting into the neighborhood was “a blood sport,” he recalled while standing in front of his 1931 home. The area’s small, unpretentious houses on quiet streets are within walking distance of downtown, Calahan Park and…
George Webber — the protagonist in Thomas Wolfe’s 1940 novel You Can’t Go Home Again — totally blew it. A writer himself, George returned to his hometown in North Carolina after mocking it in his first novel. Not surprisingly, the townsfolk were none too excited to see him back. Unnerved by their ire, George ran…
Farm Craft VT bills itself as a “seed-to-soap herb farm,” which might raise the question: What do seeds have to do with soap? The Shelburne farm’s three-acre field of bright-faced sunflowers, visible in late summer from Route 116, provides a clue. As with many everyday items we take for granted, few people realize what goes…
When Matt Cropp was in sixth grade, he saw firsthand the line between the haves and have-nots. That was the year he transferred from a Baltimore-area elementary school to the pricey St. Albans School, a prep school for boys in Washington, D.C. Cropp’s mother was an art teacher there, which granted him access to a…
New Kids on the Block In response to historic demand, Vermont has seen a surge of home construction in the past few years. Most are multifamily buildings. To see what’s been springing up, Nest surveyed a few of the newest buildings in northern Vermont. Burlington: 77 Residences is a newly opened 49-unit apartment building that…
