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The Wandering Eye Ends 2014 With A Roar

Our blogger, interior designer Carey Maloney, and his partner Hermes Mallea, an architect, are principals in the M (Group). Okay — four years ago I wrote about our holiday decorating experiences at The New York Public Library and I gave some pithy (probably useless) advice. It is way too long for

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Real Estate

Rock Hall

Designed in 1912 by noted American architect Addison Mizner, Rock Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was the home of Jerome Alexandre, a descendant of the Alexandre Steamship Company. The manor home is located on 23 acres in Colebrook and has been meticulously restored so

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Oldest in Town

This Kinderhook home, built in 1728, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The six-bedroom, three-bathroom residence has been well maintained. It has a Dutch door entrance with traditional inglenook, fireplace mantels, beams, moldings, paneling, wide-board floors and 9-foot ceilings. Stately trees and manicured

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The Pulver-Bird House

The Pulver-Bird house, a Greek Revival built by renowned architect Nathaniel Lockwood in 1839, is listed on the National Register of Historic places. Located in the heart of Stanford, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom property exudes period charm and has been enlarged with a 1997 addition. Sited on 18

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In The Village

Located within walking distance to the Village of Hillsdale, this Colonial Revival is on the National Register of Historic Places and maintains many of its circa 1871 features, such as the beautiful woodwork, three-sided bay windows, exposed brick and defining moldings. The house has an updated kitchen, large living

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Historic Georgian

Torrington is home to a truly historic Georgian, built in 1790 and located on the National Register in a Historic District in part because it is a noted Underground Railroad house. Full of period details, there is a spacious living room with a fireplace and a kitchen updated with stainless

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National Register Village

This Carpenter's Victorian is sited on a tree-lined street in the center of Falls Village, which as a town itself is on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1912, the house has spacious light-filled rooms with high ceilings, and a great flow. The first

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Style

Holiday Hit List: All The Gifts That Are Fit To Give

By Amy Krzanik “Artisanal" is a word thrown around quite a bit these days, but in our region it truly means something. It means taking the time to create, bottle and label your scents by hand, as does Hudson’s 2 Note Perfumery. Or, like Goshen’s Milk House

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Arts

Acclaimed Photographer Stephen Shore Celebrates Retrospective

Stephen Shore: Survey (Aperture, 2014) By Robert Burke Warren If you want to know what chutzpah looks like, you should be at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck this Sunday. Acclaimed photographer and longtime Bard faculty member Stephen Shore, celebrating the publication of photo book Stephen Shore: Survey, will talk about his

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Parties

Pleasure Before Business At Tanglewood Business Partners Holiday Gathering

Lisa Green reports from Lenox. There are many benefits to becoming a Tanglewood Business Partner (TBP), not the least of them attending the holiday gathering on Monday, December 1 at Eastover Resort and Retreat. The muddy drive (leftover from the Thanksgiving snowfall) and chilly temps were a far cry from

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Food

Recipe: Caramelized Cabbage Soup

Twice a month, Berkshire County native Alana Chernila, mother of two, and author of the cookbook, The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making (Clarkson Potter), contributes a thoughtful and heartfelt essay/recipe created exclusively for Rural Intelligence readers. Her first cookbook has achieved top-seller

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Community

The Rural We: Dan McManmon

Dan McManmon enjoyed growing up in the Berkshires but has a newfound appreciation for the area now that he is raising a family of his own. He has been involved with the College Internship Program (which his father, Michael McManmon, founded in 1984) for a good portion of his life,

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