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Let there be light: East Coast modernism got off the ground in New Canaan, Connecticut, in the 1950s. Today a few committed homeowners are helping to keep it aloft.
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May 1, 2006
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PHILIP JOHNSON'S brick-and-glass Boissonnas house is inviting and crisp-a linear composition of linked volumes and white trellises that evokes the symmetry and grand proportions of a Palladian villa. When Bill Matassoni and his wife, Pamela Valentine, first came to New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1994, searching for a sequel to their Manhattan loft, the 1956 house had been neglected and abused by a succession of owners and was back on the market. The roof leaked, heavy curtains blocked the light, and the garden was teeming with poison ivy. It was love at first sight.
Matassoni's a management consultant, Valentine's a matrimonial attorney, and both work long days in Manhattan. ...
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