On June 11, the Historic District Commission voted to adopt new guidelines for building adaptation, Resilient Nantucket: Flooding Adaptation & Building Elevation Design Guidelines. In the following article, originally published in Ramblings, Lisa […]
New Flooding Adaptation & Building Elevation Design Guidelines Adapted Read More »
“So, what would you like for your birthday? I know you aren’t really much for parties, at your age…and besides, we are having a pandemic. But’s a big one, after
A Sort of a Party, by Ginger Andrews Read More »
“You know you really don’t have to come. It’s just a formality of signing checks and documents. Just mail them in; the attorneys will take care of the rest.” My
They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To, by Mary-Adair Macaire Read More »
The stairs in our house are steep. When Simeon Long built it in 1791 for his family, I imagine he was young and agile, but because of the steep slope
Steeped in History, by Martha Johnson Read More »
Businesses with au currant open-plan offices are now spending thousands to revert to health protecting partitions. Covid-19 has also caused a reassessment of the value of an open plan in
Just Give Me a Wall and a Door, by Sherry Lefevre Read More »
The first thing I noticed when I entered this house was the light. It was like a lantern, luminous. Bright sunlight stitched ceiling to wall, doorway to stair, stretched out
41 Fair Street, by Anne Troutman Read More »
“A Tree” Judy Belash It’s an old tree It’s quite an old tree It’s a very old tree It’s ancient Its roots rule the sidewalks Its branches bang on the
A Tree, by Judy Belash Read More »
Many thanks to Nantucket Preservation Trust board member Michelle Elzay for sharing this special guest blog post. It has been a month of dinner parties. Set at a long wood
Sheltering in Place in an Old Nantucket House Read More »
