They’d Already Renovated an Iconic Midcentury. What’s One More?

After expertly updating Louis Kahn’s historic Esherick house, a Pennsylvania couple discover their forever home in a surprising place.
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In December 2017, Paul Savidge and Dan Macey were staying at a hotel for a wedding in Reading, one and a half hours northwest of their home in Philadelphia. Once outside the nuptial festivities, they were met with a bleak winter weekend, and the couple got a flat tire on a dark and icy trip home. The dour weather seeped into their mood. Who would want to live here? they asked each other.

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