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Jawdropper of the Week: XXXL Contemporary Party Palace Near West Chester

There’s living large. Then there’s living huge. And as you will see, whoever buys this West Chester contemporary mansion house for sale will do the latter. […]

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This New Art Exhibit Shows Us That a Chair Isn’t Always Just a Chair

If your knowledge of outside-the-box furniture design starts and ends with Ikea’s iconic and ubiquitous Poäng armchair — I’m literally sitting in one as I […]

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Living in Chadds Ford: A Neighborhood Guide

A way to cross the stream The Swedes were the first Europeans to explore the upper Brandywine Creek, in the 1630s. English Quakers had settled […]

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On the Market: Postmodern Colonial in Chadds Ford

I must confess that I do a double take whenever I hear talk of a Colonial in Chadds Ford. The community at the heart of […]

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On the Market: English Country Manor in Chadds Ford

The popular image of the Brandywine Valley comes largely from the work of Chadds Ford’s most famous resident, American Realist painter Andrew Wyeth. Wyeth’s paintings […]

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On the Market: Brutalist Precursor in Chadds Ford

Noted French architect Le Corbusier had some very radical ideas about housing, many of them unfortunate. His Ville radieuse (“Radiant City”) became the template for scores of soul-crushing […]

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On the Market: Magnificent Modern Villa in Chadds Ford

I begin today’s featured house for sale post with an admonishment. Shame on the listing agents for not mentioning the architect who designed this Chadds Ford […]

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5 Area Homes with Seriously Luxe Home Theaters

Let’s go to the movies! We’ll bring the popcorn, you furnish the theater. Furnish these five boffo home theaters to your guests and you’ll have […]

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21st-Century Tradition in Chadds Ford for $625K

I didn’t know there were public buildings in Kennett Township old enough to undergo adaptive reuse. Just look at what’s been done to this handsome 1920s […]

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Habitat: A Family Affair in Chadds Ford

After an electrical fire ravaged the home that once sat on this wooded Chadds Ford property, West Chester-based architect Richard Buchanan was left with little […]

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What $500K Will Buy You in Chadds Ford

Around the banks of the Brandywine can be found the last great expanses of undeveloped land in Delaware County. Developers are eyeing it — a […]

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What $500K Will Buy You in Chadds Ford

Center-hall Colonials are a dime a dozen on the Main Line, but down by where the Brandywine flows into Delaware, they’re relatively rare birds. Chadds […]

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Toll Brothers Caught Up in Chester County Historic Preservation Fight

As if the low-grade fight over its proposed condo tower on Jewelers Row weren’t enough, Toll Brothers now finds itself in another historic preservation fight […]

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Jaw Dropper of the Week: Secluded Chadds Ford Farm Flaunts Un-Be-Liev-able Kitchen

Hickory Hill Farm is a pristine 32-acre property nestled in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Though it may look like it could date back to the days […]

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Eat Junto’s Best of Philly Winning Fish for a Good Cause

The August full moon is known as a “Sturgeon Moon” as historically native Americans found it the best time to catch sturgeon in the Great Lakes […]