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Greenwich Time, 12/9/2016 Cropped page Page: A1 Copyright 2016 Olive Software 12/9/2016 7:37:20 AM GREENWICH — The house at 19 Bailiwick Road has been made great again. Many people, when confronted with what Jeff Hall faced when he bought the place in 2009, would have taken the tear-down route so common in modern Greenwich. Hall chose to restore instead. Problem was, the job was beyond his capabilities. “I’m handy, but in this house I did none of the work myself,” Hall said this week. “What needed to happen in this house really required a high level of skill, and what I did was hire really skilled people to do it.” When he bought the house, Hall Contributed photo The house at 19 Bailiwick Road, near the Glenville town center in Greenwich, is decorated throughout with natural themes. Not your average fixer-upper story HABITAT The story behind the home Peregrine Frissell See Habitat on A6 Greenwich Time, 2016-12-09 Cropped page Copyright 2016 Olive Software 2016-12-09 07:38:34 FROM THE FRONT PAGE was commuting to his job in Greenwich from Fair- field, a daily time-devour- ing slog — Interstate 95 hours that turned beastly in the summer. So, he snatched up property clos- er to where he worked. It’s minutes from the Glenville Stop & Shop, the golf course and Westchester County Airport, all of which were important to him. But the house was in seriously bad shape. “When I bought it, I wouldn’t say it was unliv- able, but no maintenance had been done, and it was in a lot of disrepair,” said Hall, who has since lived most of the year in Florida, where he manages real estate he bought during the depressed market. “None of the garage doors even worked. It was really in terrible condition.” Still, Hall saw enough he liked to improve upon what was there; plus, the foundation was solid. “The house was nice. It had good bones,” Hall said. He connected with Southbury-based craftsman Tom Adams through a referral. One of the main jobs Adams undertook was replacing the woodwork throughout the house. “He created everything himself. He almost had to create a swatch every time,” Hall said. “And the work that went in from start to finish, it was really quite a process.” Outside, the landscaping was so poor and over- grown in the front that Hall didn’t even know there was a stone wall under all the shrubbery. The shrubs have since been removed, and the wall rebuilt. Afterward, Hall populat- ed the home with pieces of art that relate to common themes he has seen in his travels. He said many cul- tures he has visited across the world consider frogs to be symbols of good luck. He found himself an artist, Tim “The Frog Man” Cotte- rill, and, over the years, purchased many of the glass frog statues. Now, the colony populates the shelves and surfaces of the home near the golf course. Wallpaper, photos, paint- ings and light fixtures throughout the house hint at another affinity: trees and the various ways art- ists portray their limbs stretching toward the sky. Hall said it began when he saw and purchased a couple of pieces by the hyper-colorful nature pho- tographer Peter Lik at a gallery in Key West, Fla. “Really, as someone who travels a lot and is kind of an amateur photographer, I kind of fell in love with his work,” Hall said. “I have a lot of it in my place here and in Miami, as well.” Since then, he has added to the collection with piec- es he picked up in New York City, and decorated the house to match. “A lot of those colors are kind of echoed throughout the house,” Hall said. The home is finished, but the space is too big and Hall is too busy in Florida to spend enough time there, so he has decided to sell. Every once in a while, though, he still tries to soak it up before it is too late. “I finished the house about two years ago,” Hall said. “I enjoy the fruits of all the work that I’ve done.” The home is listed for $3,395,000 with Leslie McElwreath, of Sotheby’s International Realty. [email protected]; @PeregrineFriss HABITAT From page A1 The bathroom at the 19 Bailiwick Road home. Contributed photos The house at 19 Bailiwick Road in Greenwich features pictures, blown glass, sculptures, paintings and wallpaper depicting various forms of tree frogs and limbs of different tree species.
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GREENWICH — A rashof larcenies in the east endof town is continuing, withnumerous vehicles brokeninto and burglaries reported.
Police released detailsThursday on the latest in aspate of thefts that hasplagued a neighborhoodnear the Stamford city linesince last year.
Four cars were entered
over the weekend on Hal-sey Drive and FlorenceRoad. One wallet with cashwas stolen, along withpersonal items. All but oneof the vehicles were un-locked, said police spokes-
man Lt. Kraig Gray.“The patrol officers are
very aware that personsare going through cars atnight. They’re looking foran easy score — it onlytakes a second to look in-
side a car, open it and steala wallet,” the lieutenantsaid. “If anyone sees some-one acting suspicious neara car, they should call po-lice.”
The rash of thefts fromvehicles in the east end oftown has been unnerving
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Thieves target eastern GreenwichRash of neighborhood vehicle break-ins leave residents unsettled “If anyone sees
someone actingsuspicious near acar, they shouldcall police.”Greenwich police spokesman Lt.Kraig GraySee Larceny on A5
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Connecticut saw one ofthe highest increases in thenation in preventabledeaths from unintentionalinjuries from 2010 to 2014,mainly because of a spikein opioid overdoses, ac-cording to a new reportfrom the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion.
An analysis of the reportshows the state’s rate ofpotentially preventabledeaths from accidentalinjuries jumped 97 percent— the sixth-highest in-crease nationally, after
Maryland, Massachusetts,New Jersey, New York andVirginia. Nationally, pre-ventable deaths from acci-dents — namely, overdosesfrom prescription and illicitdrugs, as well as falls —rose 23 percent.
Connecticut had 1,142unintentional injury deathsin 2014, the second highestin New England, after Mas-sachusetts. About half (568)were accidental drug in-toxication deaths, accord-ing to the state Office of theChief Medical Examiner.The number of such deathsis expected to surpass 850in 2016, Chief Medical Ex-aminer Dr. James Gill pro-jected earlier this year.
Gill said he was not sur-prised the CDC reportshowed a sharp increase.
“The 97 percent increase
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GREENWICH — The house at 19Bailiwick Road has been made greatagain.
Many people, when confrontedwith what Jeff Hall faced when hebought the place in 2009, wouldhave taken the tear-down route socommon in modern Greenwich.Hall chose to restore instead.
Problem was, the job was beyondhis capabilities.
“I’m handy, but in this house I didnone of the work myself,” Hall saidthis week. “What needed to happenin this house really required a highlevel of skill, and what I did washire really skilled people to do it.”
When he bought the house, Hall
Contributed photo
The house at 19 Bailiwick Road, near the Glenville towncenter in Greenwich, is decorated throughout withnatural themes.
Not your averagefixer-upper story
HABITATThe story behind the home
Peregrine FrissellSee Habitat on A6
GREENWICH — The Guerrilla Girls took Green-wich, and they were angry.
Two women from the noted band of art-equalityadvocates lashed out frombehind their black gorillamasks.
“It doesn’t take a geniusto realize this system isripe for corruption,” “Zu-beida Agha” told an audi-ence at the Bruce Museumthis week. Members taketheir names from an arrayof prominent female art-ists, diverse in geographicand historic scope. “Thisis American capitalism atits finest.”
Well over 100 peoplecame out Wednesdaynight to see the pair, whobegan with a presentationabout their movement,which started as a protestagainst the dearth of fe-male artists in the contemporary art scene in the 1980s.
“We started hanging posters on the street,” Aghasaid.
Their quest for gender and sexual equality in the art
world gained traction, and as their movement drewattention around the world, the mission burgeoned toembrace ethnic and racial diversity as well.
“We consider ourselves intersectional feminists,” said“Frida Kahlo.”
On their website, theGuerrilla Girls describethemselves as “feministmasked avengers in thetradition of anonymousdo-gooders like RobinHood, Wonder Womanand Batman.”
The pair shared a cou-ple of facts with the audi-ence at the Bruce:1 Less than 5 percent ofartists with work dis-played in the modern artsection of the Metropol-itan Museum of Art inNew York City are wom-en, but 85 percent of thenude sculptures are ofwomen. 1 Only four commercialgalleries in New York City
currently are showing work by black women, and onlyone (Cavin-Morris) is showing work by more than one.
“Can these museums really tell us the history of art,
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A member of the feminist activists, Guerrilla Girls, left, speaks with Bevin Maguire, of White Plains, N.Y.,during a visit by two members of the Guerrilla Girls to the Bruce Museum in Greenwich.
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Activists fight for equality in modern art world
A table sign from the Guerrilla Girls reads, “Do womenhave to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?”
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was commuting to his jobin Greenwich from Fair-field, a daily time-devour-ing slog — Interstate 95hours that turned beastlyin the summer. So, hesnatched up property clos-er to where he worked. It’sminutes from the GlenvilleStop & Shop, the golfcourse and WestchesterCounty Airport, all ofwhich were important tohim.
But the house was inseriously bad shape.
“When I bought it, Iwouldn’t say it was unliv-able, but no maintenancehad been done, and it wasin a lot of disrepair,” saidHall, who has since livedmost of the year in Florida,where he manages realestate he bought during thedepressed market. “Noneof the garage doors evenworked. It was really interrible condition.”
Still, Hall saw enough heliked to improve uponwhat was there; plus, thefoundation was solid.
“The house was nice. Ithad good bones,” Hall said.
He connected withSouthbury-based craftsmanTom Adams through areferral. One of the mainjobs Adams undertook wasreplacing the woodworkthroughout the house.
“He created everythinghimself. He almost had tocreate a swatch every
time,” Hall said. “And thework that went in fromstart to finish, it was reallyquite a process.”
Outside, the landscapingwas so poor and over-grown in the front thatHall didn’t even knowthere was a stone wallunder all the shrubbery.
The shrubs have sincebeen removed, and the wallrebuilt.
Afterward, Hall populat-ed the home with pieces ofart that relate to commonthemes he has seen in histravels. He said many cul-tures he has visited acrossthe world consider frogs tobe symbols of good luck.He found himself an artist,Tim “The Frog Man” Cotte-rill, and, over the years,purchased many of theglass frog statues. Now, the
colony populates theshelves and surfaces of thehome near the golf course.
Wallpaper, photos, paint-ings and light fixturesthroughout the house hintat another affinity: treesand the various ways art-ists portray their limbsstretching toward the sky.
Hall said it began whenhe saw and purchased acouple of pieces by thehyper-colorful nature pho-tographer Peter Lik at agallery in Key West, Fla.
“Really, as someone whotravels a lot and is kind ofan amateur photographer, Ikind of fell in love with hiswork,” Hall said. “I have alot of it in my place hereand in Miami, as well.”
Since then, he has addedto the collection with piec-es he picked up in New
York City, and decoratedthe house to match.
“A lot of those colors arekind of echoed throughoutthe house,” Hall said.
The home is finished,but the space is too big andHall is too busy in Floridato spend enough timethere, so he has decided tosell. Every once in a while,though, he still tries tosoak it up before it is toolate.
“I finished the houseabout two years ago,” Hallsaid. “I enjoy the fruits ofall the work that I’vedone.”
The home is listed for$3,395,000 with LeslieMcElwreath, of Sotheby’sInternational Realty.
[email protected];@PeregrineFriss
HABITATFrom page A1
The bathroom at the 19 Bailiwick Road home.
Contributed photos
The house at 19 Bailiwick Road in Greenwich features pictures, blown glass, sculptures, paintings and wallpaperdepicting various forms of tree frogs and limbs of different tree species.
