Having lived in New Canaan off and on for the past 22 years I finally spent some time in the New Canaan Historical Society’s incredible and extensive library. Through the years our family has explored their museums, attended some of their educational programs and enjoyed their annual and time-honored “Ice Cream Social” . This time […]
When Warren Buffet speaks, the volume on the TV goes up, phone calls are ignored and people weigh his comments pretty carefully. Recently, he said “[h]ome ownership makes sense for most Americans, particularly at today’s lower prices and bargain interest rates.” He also said of home ownership,”the third best investment I ever made was the […]
Formerly the site of the historic Ardsley Inn located within one block of the New Canaan Train Station, Ardsley Square is six luxury town homes offering the ultimate in in-town living. These individual town homes offer forty eight hundred square feet of living space with three bedrooms, four and one half baths, living room with […]
The Harvard Five was a group of architects that settled in New Canaan, Connecticut in the 1940s: John M. Johansen, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes. Marcel Breuer was an instructor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, while Gores, Johansen, Johnson and Noyes were students there.[1] They were all influenced by […]
New Canaan boasts a variety of excellent public and private schools with the highest state ratings. Over 95.4% of graduates continue their education in colleges and universities. The public school system was recently ranked number one in the State and number two in the country among comparable communities by Forbes magazine. The public school system […]
The timeless tradition of this sun filled 5 bedroom center hall colonial offers wonderfully fluid and functional living space inside and out. Approximately 1,100 of additional square footage is found in the finished lower level encompassing a bedroom, full bath, a generous playroom and a study/office with fireplace which access a lovely stone patio and […]
