The Insider: Narrow South Slope House Gets New Staircase, Extension and Lots of Light
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Cara Greenberg is a veteran design journalist, focused on architecture, interior design, and real estate development. She has been writing The Insider column for Brownstoner for over a decade, and is a frequent contributor to Introspective, the online magazine of 1stDibs.com. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Architectural Record and many other publications, and she is the author of a seminal book, Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s, published in 1984, which kindled interest in mid-20th century furniture and gave it an enduring name.
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