Old House Journal

bungalow revival

"Our dog hated being downtown,” explains Arlene Steinberg, who with her partner, Gilbert Weiner, had bought a condominium in downtown Sarasota. They were Florida snowbirds from Long Island. “Every time loud trucks went by, it was a trauma. Besides, the windows were covered with hurricane slats that blocked the view. We started looking for a house.”

A self-professed old-house lover,

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