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The North Shore's groundbreaking gathering of luxury homes. Experience a neighborhood of sophisticated and beautiful residences that set new standards for environmental sensitivity and technological innovation. Designed for easy living, the homes at Summer Hill offer the best of New England in exciting and fresh ways. Priced from $1,579,000 to $1,875,000. For more information, or to arrange a viewing, contact Sandy Carpentier or Lynne Saporito of J Barrett & Company at 978-381-0123. www.SummerHillManchester.com www.facebook.com/SummerHillManchester Summer Hill Built by Alex Halberstadt Alex Halberstadt's feature writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Saveur, and elsewhere. He's the author of Lonely Avenue, about the rock 'n' roll songwriter Doc Pomus, and Young Heroes of the Soviet Union, a family memoir, forthcoming from Random House. He was nominated for a James Beard Award for profile writing in 2013 and 2014, and he teaches at the New School's Eugene Lang College and New York University. In this issue: Halberstadt takes an inside look at the famed MacDowell Colony. What makes MacDowell so important to the larger artistic community? "In a society where we tend to be ambivalent about public funding for the arts, MacDowell provides not only the space and solitude artists need to be productive, but also much-needed validation. Coming to MacDowell is like the world saying you weren't crazy for not going to dental school." What is your favorite MacDowell memory? "Forming a band with fellow colonists and singing Webb Pierce's 'There Stands the Glass' in front of two Pulitzer Prize – winning composers." ... WITHOUT WHOM THIS ISSUE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE SUMMER 2014 PHOTOGRAPHY BY JONATHAN BLESSING (HALBERSTADT); JOSHUA SIMPSON (COCUZZO)