Anything might happen. I made the tour of the Field Club and Hanscom Park area, sticking to the sidewalks this time. A large home with a frontage on Thirty-second Avenue extends all the way to Thirty-third–it stole my breath again as it always does. How many times would I circle around without being noticed? After a thorough examination of the surrounding homes and their private walks, I estimated all properties were wonderful, although they appeared slightly driven to madness by their own beauty. These are my recommended tonics. With a heavy heart, there was another spring with still no sign of children playing outside. No one to be called in for dinner or even whistled to. I pretended an older gentleman in his sideyard asked me, that early evening, if I was going to join in the fete. His fine gathering of rabbits and squirrels left no doubt this was the place to be. I smiled in my mind and said, “I do hope so. That is why I’ve worn this festive cloche.”
We’ve now got a follow-up to this story: Closer to 1916 South 32nd Avenue.
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My aunt and uncle owned this home from the mid 70’s to 2015. Before Uncle Bill had purchased it, it had been converted into apartments. He had it retuned to home.
I lived there in the 70’s. I don’t remember who we sold it to. Was your uncle a construction contractor? That is who I remember selling it to. The only “apartment” was the upstairs maids quarters. The rest was a single family dwelling. We did rent out the maids quarters since we didn’t have a maid, LOL.
Becca and I were best friends in the 80s. I remember Alice telling me how it had been apartments as well. Something about bullet or dart holes in wall of the great room. I always loved being over. Also was very easy to sneak out of at night- lol.