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Annual Award
The Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center is pleased to announce that Clem Labine has been named recipient of its 2012 Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Mr. Labine is the founder of Traditional Building and Period Homes magazines, and former publisher of the pioneering restoration magazine The Old House Journal. He now consults for restoration websites and continues to write for various publications.
His passion for historic architecture stemmed from his purchase of an 1883 brownstone in...