Stories

High Fashion and Kitchen Design

A Study in Inspiration By Tom Levine   Richard Anuszkiewicz, executive director of the casework division for Alt Breeding Schwarz Architects, had a golden opportunity. American Standard, a luxury kitchen and bath products firm, offered him the rare task of

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Coastal Revival

The Co-Owners of Bridges Restaurant Update Their Interior By Carol Sorgen  |  Photography by Geoffrey Hodgdon   Paying attention to detail is the name of the game for these Stevensville homeowners who want a welcoming retreat not only for themselves

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Harvesting the Edges of the Chesapeake Bay

By Kevin Campion How did we get here? The Chesapeake Bay is one of the most dynamic waterways in the world. It contains 11,684 miles of shoreline, more than the entire U.S. West Coast combined. Due to its location, shape

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Audacious & Delicious: Level Small Plates Lounge

By Christine Fillat    Since its opening in 2009, this downtown Annapolis establishment has become known for its innovative small plates. Occupying a historic building on West Street, Level Small Plates Lounge has an open-air front and all the bustle

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Who To Hire

Alt Breeding Schwarz Architects 410.268.1213 absarchitects.com John Toates Architectecture & Design, LLC 484.725.7978 johntoatesarchitecture.com SPIRE Architecture 410.212.6790 spirearch.com Three B Architecture 443.791.6193 threebarchitecture.com Bayview Builders 410.280.0303 bayviewbuildersmd.com Blackketter Craftsmen, Inc. 410.923.3111 blackcraft.com Carlin Brothers Construction 410.401.9913 carlinbros.com Creative Spaces Remodeling

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Robert’s Picks | March/April 2017

  1. The Whitney Biennial prides itself on being the longest running survey of contemporary art in the United States. I have been going to the Biennial for more than 25 years. You can expect to see work by emerging

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Coastal Calm on the Eastern Shore

By Carol Sorgen  |  Photography by Geoffrey Hodgdon   When Mario and Katarina Todorov hired interior designer Erin Paige Pitts to renovate and design their Salisbury, Maryland, home, they had every intention of staying there forever. Midway through the project,

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Artful Addition on Gibson Island: A Grand Era Re-created

By Charlotte Safavi  |  Interior photography by Jennifer Hughes Exterior photography by Pete Albert   Gibson Island, one of the Chesapeake Bay’s crown jewels, remains an almost perfect model of the early-twentieth century planned recreational community.  It was designed in

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Hi-Tech Renovation in Annapolis

By Sarah Hagerty  |  Photography by Alan Gilbert   It is difficult to imagine this sun-drenched kitchen as it once was—dingy, cluttered and with only a single window over the sink. Needless to say, the sparkling waterfront Annapolis location was

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An Estuary Like No Other: The Chesapeake Bay

By Kevin Campion   Why is the preservation of the Chesapeake Bay so challenging? The health of the Chesapeake Bay gets a low grade every year. In fact, conditions seem to be worsening. What makes preservation of the Bay environment

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