New Canaan
What is Mid Century Modern Architecture
August 13, 2010 by bettyb · Leave a Comment
What is Mid Century Modern Architecture?
The new buzz word around Fairfield County lately is Mid- Century modern architecture. Some times called “California Contemporary”, Mid -Century modern architecture is usually defined as buildings constructed between the 1940’s through the late 1960’s. Norwalk, Westport, Weston, Stamford, and especially New Canaan all have some very fine examples of this type of architecture. Typically Mid-Century modern architecture features include clean lines, open floor plans, walls of glass and the feeling of living within nature. These innovative architects with their simplistic styles were considered ahead of their time.
Some of the local pioneers of Mid-Century modern architecture are John Black Lee, Victor Christ-Janer, George Nemeny, and a group called the Harvard Five; John Johansen, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Eliot Noyes and Phillip Johnson.
Phillip Johnson designed the famous Glass House in New Canaan. This house which is on the National Historic Register was his primary residence until his death in 2005. The house and all of its out buildings are currently open for tours.
There are a couple of developments in Norwalk that could be considered true Mid-Century modern style. Village Creek was the first modern development in Norwalk. This 67 home community was designed by notable architects like Klaus Grabe, Percy Ifill, and Edger Tafel. This forward thinking community is situated along Long Island sound between Outer Road and Dock Road. Village Creek was built in 1950 and it will be celebrating its sixtieth anniversary this year. This community currently has an application on file for National Historic Register status.
The second Mid- Century modern community consists of thirty homes and was built between 1952 and 1955. Located in West Norwalk along five Mile River on Prince’s Pine Rd. and Alewives Rd. these homes were featured in Homes and Garden magazine specifically because of the way they were built using innovative materials and each home was sited by the developer to sit perfectly into the landscape.
Norwalk has some examples of Mid -Century architecture outside of these developments. A very early example is the R.P. Ettinger house designed by Kahn and Jacobs in 1940 and is located on the border of Norwalk and Westport. There is also a uniquely designed home built in 1954 by R.W. Vansummern nestled along the Silvermine River. A mid-century home situated along Five Mile River in West Norwalk home originally designed in 1952 by George Nemeny and built for the President of the Burndy Corporation has been recently restored by its current architect owner. Both the Silvermine home and the West Norwalk home are currently listed for sale.
The Westport Historical Society just recently had an exhibit “When Cool was Hot”. This exhibit featured some of the examples of Westport and Weston’s Mid- Century modern homes. The exhibit was put together by Historic Preservationist Morley Boyd and Architect Michael Glynn. After a failed attempt to save the Paul Rudolph house in Westport from the wrecking ball they decided to bring more awareness to the public about these homes. These homes are usually situated on great pieces of property and are small in size. This unfortunately gives a perfect opportunity for someone to knock the house down and build a much larger home in its place.
New Canaan is nationally recognized for its many examples of modern architecture. Approximately 100 modern homes were built in town, and about 20 have been torn down.
Information about most Mid -Century modern homes is difficult to find. Despite their recent construction, many of these structures have changed hands many times and their histories have been lost in the process. Mid-Century modern architects are just beginning to be recognized.
As a Mid -Century modern enthusiast, I’m hopeful in the near future that the public starts to really appreciate all that this form of design has to offer. For further information on localMid -Century homes for sale please contact us.
Peter Bondi
Bondi Realty Group LLC
203-899-9990
New Canaan
Norwalk CT Property Sales Transfers April 22 - 30
June 22, 2010 by bettyb · Leave a Comment
135 Grumman Avenue
Sean & Tracy Flynn to Joseph & Alison Prunotto, $450,000
19 Old Lantern Place
Estate of Eva Flowers to CIL Realty Inc., $485,000
345 Main Avenue
Parkway Plaza Inc to 214th Street Realty Group Inc., $5,675,000
19 Ryan Avenue
CT Best Homes, LLC to Mark Lennon, $390,000
177 West Rocks Road
Michael & Shana Russnok to Pamela Miranda, $533,500
144 Ponus Avenue
Michelle & Frank Marini to John & Marian Thielsen, $477,000
16 Hunters Lane
Dorothy Intellisano Trust to Manuel Garcia & Ramon Ydler, $407,000
21 Old Trolley Way
Estate of Michael Fabrizio to George Iosifidis, $250,000
115 Fillow Street Unit 33
Marilyn Woodhall & Kathleen Apruzzese to Eileen Biondo, $249,000
8 Golden Court
Estate of Herbert Miller & Gloria Miller to Thomas & Susan Flangan trustees, $4,825,000
50 Harborview Avenue
Paul Cook to John & Tamara Cox, $890,000
9-11 Park Street Unit 401
Thomas & Cecylia Cahill to Jeffrey Bisson, $105,000
17 Ambler Drive
Denise DeMarsh to Gregory Oehley, $372.500
65 Strathmore Lane
Mohamad Bahrami & Berend Van Toor to Ryan & Meaghan Drummond, $355,000
43 Winfield Street
Ioannis Drosos to Hall Brooke Behavioral Services Inc., $842,500
60 William Street
Dave Marantz Committee to Bank of New York, $398,572.46
13 Spruce Street
Estate of Josephine Nagy to Christie Ruiz, $277,000
40 William Street
Josephine Pisacano to Hariklia Gavrielidis, $406,487
283 Fillow Street
Geoffrey Steadman & Kristine Lyon to Echo Valley LLC, $250,000
10 Lloyd Road
Marin Stewart to Michael & Ursula Cotta, $345,000
68 Main Street Unit 4-1-D
Theodore & JoAnn Kopec to Seung & Helen Lee, $110,000
2 West Avenue Unit 12
Catherine & Frederick Petrini trustee to Jeff & Onelda Koehler, $159,000
11 Keeler Avenue
Paul Latham & Debora Robare to David & Celi George, $585,000
78-80 South Main Street
Krest Manufacturing Co, Inc. to 78 South Main Street, LLC, $965,000
34 Ferris Avenue Unit A2
Woodbury LLC to Levancliff Valenton & Evangeline & Leo Degario, $390,000
34 Ferris Avenue Unit A1
Woodbury LLC to Aries & Angela Valenton, $390,000
10 Overbrook Road
Kenneth Cerulli to Denise York, $510,000
118 Gregory Boulevard
Colleen Geisweit to Thorsten Suder, $595,000
34 Calf Pasture Beach Road
Timon & Lori Malloy to Guillermo & Susan Suarez, $625,000
167 Winfield Street
Rosemary Sweeting to Glen & Lori Dominick, $515,000
New Canaan
Norwalk CT Property Transfer Sales March 16 - 31
April 18, 2010 by bettyb · Leave a Comment
15 Chestnut Hill Road
Alan Vertucci Sr to Alejandra Mariani & Anthony Giglio, $367,000
19 Newfield Avenue
Guilermo Ramirez to Juan & Beatrice Carvajal, $325,000
9 Tierney Street
Joseph & Frances Berardi to Jennifer Street, $319,000
123 Old Belden Hill Road Unit 5
Kevin & Jamie Toohill to Christina Zugehoer, $320,000
214 Gillies Lane Unit I9 & Garage G2 & G4
Rozena Shaheen to Katherine Davies, $435,000
15 Pine Point Road Unit 99
Susan Miller to John & Michell Sini, $135,000
4 Glenwood Avenue Unit B1
Padrig Khanal to Tej Giki, $190,000
9 Ludlow Manor
Thomas Brigante to Michele Roos, $350,000
6 Silver River Court
Noel Freeman to Yongchen Sun & Wei Wang, $633,000
15 Steeple Top Road
Janette & Mark Brown to Jonathan & Amber Tucker, $585,000
2 Algonquin Road
Michael & Effie Patrick to Virginia & John Anstead, $355,000
130 Main Street Unit E3
Lockwood Terrace llc to Nikolas Griffith, $350,000
71 Aiken Street Unit A7
Tamara Falco to Jeanne Cohane, $247,500
25 Carlin Street
Courtney Calderon to Franklin & Callen Chatfield Jr, $379,000
2 West Meadow Place
Mortgage It Inc to Rafael & Leono Santaella, $90,000
12 Leonard Street
Alfreda Moseley to Stuart & Jacqueline Lane, $240,000
40 Hyatt Avenue
Maureen Jones & Ioannis & Kiriaki Tsahirides, $360,000
15 Pine Point Road Unit 383
Paula & Carl Hermey to Douglas & Denise Harned, $148,000
33 North Water Street Unit 410
Aurora Loan Services llc to Scott Hollander, $705,000
33 North Water Street Unit 610
Linda Nugent to Daniel Hafner, $395,000
Patrick Nugent to Daniel Hafner, $395,000
213 Silvermine Avenue
Estate of Mary Long to Brieanna Tiedemann, $450,000
8 Winnepauk Drive
Russell Northrop & Barbara North to Laura Kaehler, $271,500
38 Vanderbilt Avenue
Charles & Natalie Alini to Nathaniel & Cornelia Toothaker, $940,000
50 Aiken Street Unit 346
Welmon & Jeraldine Dennison to Kirsten Thai, $240,000
21 Autumn Street
Gary Pote to Ronald Collins, $439,000
3 Avenue B
Felix Lopez to Andres Restrepo, $230,000
58 Noahs Lane Extension
Giorgio & Adriana Cinquegrava to Jeremy Williams, $450,000
14 Thames Street
Kristine Woleck to Joel Statkevicus, $365,000
6 Burwell Street
JP Morgan Chase Bank NA to Mark Dam, $113,510
154 Rowayton Woods Drive
Karin & David Owen to Gregory & Sarah True, $390,000
25 Grand Street Unit 130
Lauren Gildersleeve to Erica Tobias, $225,000
8 Bucciarelli Lane
Anna Lozyniak to William Masten, $380,000
1 Walter Avenue Unit 26
Kay Welch to Karen Victory, $123,000
115 Fillow Street Unit 60
Hanes & Hinda Christiano to Jenna Kowalseki & Alexander Russo, $329,000
8 Walnut Avenue
Doris Barbieri to Positive Properties llc, $310,000
204 Silver Creek Lane
Pieter & Linda Verbeck to Susan Babock, $729,000
6 Macintosh Road
Arthur & Geraldine Zausner to Donna & Terri Caulley, $355,000
15 Pine Point Road Unit 309
Jeffrey & Karen Butler to Marc & Brigitte Mansourian, $155,000
28 Melrose Avenue
Carlos Rivas to James & Jenna DeLigio, $465,000
5 Scott Street
John & Nancy Tan to Thomas & Angela Materra, $649,000
21 Rockmere Lane
Hector Camacho to Fernando Grimaldi, $340,000
15 Pine Point Unit 33
Katherine Norwood to Joseph Blazovic & Patricia Mallon, $140,000
9 Elm Street Unit 1
Deutsche Bank NA to Mary Ann Witek, $120,000
15 Huckleberry Drive
Mary Ann Gregg to Steven & Ellen Crawley, $540,000
New Canaan
Real Estate News January 2010
April 5, 2010 by bettyb · Leave a Comment
State of the Real Estate Market 2010
As a lifelong Norwalk resident and a realtor for over twenty years I decided to start my own company - Bondi Realty Group LLC. I felt that I wanted more flexibility in marketing and wanted to provide a more personal service & experience. We are a hometown family run business with many satisfied clients. We embrace each and every client with extraordinary customer service.
I am taking this opportunity to give you my professional opinion about our local real estate market. Through a series of articles I will bring you important information you should know. This will enable you to make an educated decision when the time comes to buy or sell your home.
The real estate market has shown its sign of vulnerability over the last few years.
But right now is a perfect opportunity to buy. You have your $8000 first time home buyers credit, fabulous mortgage rates under 5% and bottom of the market prices.
There is also an incentive program for homeowners as well. If you have owned and occupied your home for at least five consecutive years you may be eligible for up to a $6500 tax credit. As long as you purchase another home and have a signed contract by April 30th and close by June 30th, 2010.
I already see a trend of the bottom end of single family home prices starting to creep up ever so slowly. Some of these homes consist of foreclosures and short sales. There are so many homes to choose from at this time. Foreclosures and short sales unfortunately are still depressing the market, not only in Norwalk, but in surrounding towns as well. What this means is that if you have a property for sale at this time, your home values are in competition with those distressed properties. The realtors and appraisers are doing their comparatives not only on non foreclosed sales but on foreclosed sales and short sales as well.
Everyone wants to know what is really happening out there in our local real estate market. I believe our current local real estate market has faired better then the rest of the country. Here are a few statistics from Consolidated Multiple Listing system.
In 2007 sales were at an all time high. There were more buyers than sellers and properties were selling for over asking price. Supply, demand and lending incentives fueled the market resulting in 602 single family homes and 482 condo sales in Norwalk.
Norwalk showed a dramatic decline in home sales from the buying frenzy of 2007. In 2008 fueled by fears of the status of the economy people just didn’t come out to purchase homes. The marketplace amidst these fears showed a decline in 2008 sales tumbling to a total of 416 single family and 282 condos.
At the end of 2009 Norwalk’s housing market was showing signs of stability but the banks are still being cautious with their lending. Currently as of December 2009 there are 331 single family homes on the market and 251 condominiums for sale. 428 single family homes and 217 condos sold this year.
As we start the New Year the housing market is on track with its seasonal winter slow down. I feel that in the coming months we will see the local market start to build momentum. Homes will start to sell again. First time homebuyers will find the dream home that they have been looking for and people will realize that the home values were prematurely inflated over the past few years.
Betty Bondi
Owner/ Broker
New Canaan
Norwalk CT Property Transfers March 1 - 15
March 22, 2010 by bettyb · Leave a Comment
1 Theodore Lane
Echo Valley LLC to Peter & Donna Justason, $627,000
72 Strawberry Hill Avenue
Peoples United Bank to Eleni Prince, $319,000
14 Nelson Avenue
Johan & Jennifer Montoni to Michael & Tara Sweeney, $481,000
73 Glenrock Road Unit G-73
Loretta Palumbo to Barbara Swiderska, $254,000
65 Wolfpit Avenue Unit 4B
Patricia Gallo to Marianna Yanover, $324,500
16 West Rocks Road
Adam & Adabelle Cohen to Colin Grotheer, $360,000
19 Newtown Terrace
Michael & Gail Mason to Robert Buch & Kathleen Mont, $510,000
25 Byrd Road
Howard Bonis to Shannon Sherry & Kerri Ann James, $412,000
21 Prospect Street Unit A105
Robert Davies to Romell Cabugao, $210,000
71 Aiken Street Unit D16
James O’Neal & Janet Foley to Matthew & Stacy Smegal, $315,000
50 Aiken Street Unit 435
Mabel Dudeney to Annette & Nadine Poliszcuk, $280,000
8 Singing Woods Court
Marion Berglund to Robert Ragone, $603,500
7 Hillcrest Place
Shirley Herman to Jeffery Johnson, $627,500
1 Sherry Street
Estate of Rose Dennis to David Vargas, $269,000
2 Wildmere Lane
Estate of Kathe Westphal to Richard Silverstein, $215,000
97 Richards Avenue Unit 3A
Lauren Cicchiello & Victor Benaventi to Murali Gadde, $301,701
152 Richards Avenue
James Mitchell Jr to Daniel Tucci & Lisa Dombek, $397,500
32 Haviland Street Unit 304
Jonathan Bagdon to Giorgio Ferrantino, $267,500
36 Southwind Drive
American Home Mtg Services to Jeremias Bonilla & Maria Ramos, $99,900
8 Running Brook Lane
John Baecker to DS & K Properties llc, $300,000
136 East Avenue Unit 4B
Kristin Scheihing to Monica Kleszczynski, $440,000
4 Blackstone Drive
Tove Simonsen to Richard & Heather Henson, $644,750
80 County Street Unit 7A
Peoples United Bank to David Peterson & Anna & Fernandes DeSouza, $199,900
65 Rowayton Avenue Unit D
MacGregor Design Development llc to Karl & Cecily Ziegler, $3,100,000
24 Weed Avenue
Katherine Davies to Roy Harris, $1,025,000
5 Ward Street
Antartica llc to Patrice Arita, $350,000
36 Alvin Drive
Estate of Elvina Patchen to Frank Antunes, $540,000
17 Ryan Avenue
CT Best Homes, llc to Rosa Serra & Quwane Johnson, $305,000
25 Grand Street
Us bank National Assoc to Sarah Prusinski, $195,000
6 Harbor Avenue
Wachovia Bank NA to Timothy & Lashawanda Cantey, $235,000
100 Seaview Avenue Unit 2 G
Bernard & Rose Marie Zimmern to Juliette & Marie Cunliffe, $460,000
15 Magnolia Avenue
Daniel Roldan & Mara Restrepo to Jennifer Kraft, $260,000
28 East Rocks Road
National Residential Nominee Services Inc to Anthony & Sarah Lutkus, $670,000
New Canaan
New Canaan Property Transfers April 15-20, 2009
May 2, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
28 Frogtown Road
Kerry N. Kearney and Catherine Lordner-Kearney to Jason and Allison Wolter, $1,300,000
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