Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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134 Your Kitchen Transformed Like Magic New Cabinetry or Custom Refacing with a Countertop!* *Get details at estimate. May not combine with other oers. Must present this oer at estimate. Does not apply to prior purchases. Expires 5/31/15. $2,000 off! www.KitchenMagic.com Lifetime Warranty Award Winning Family Owned American Made Must give Promo code: NP240 Save up to 50% with Refacing (866) 339-6747 Free In-Home Design Consultation & Estimate Custom Refacing Custom Cabinetry Luxury Countertops ballroom, and guest quarters where industrialist Rich- ard T. Crane and his family entertained guests. But 100 years of parties—both when the Cranes owned the estate and after they gifted it to The Trustees of Reser- vations in 1949—can make even the most palatial of com- pounds show their age, and The Trustees closed the Casino to the public in the 1990s. Now, after a nearly 20-year-long restoration, the Grand Allée and Casino complex are reo- pened and ready once again to entertain guests. Despite the size of the Casino complex, it's completely invisible from atop Castle Hill and the north terrace of the 59-room, Stuart-style Crane Estate. "You wouldn't know it's there, by design," says Bob Murray, operations manager for the northeast region for The Trustees of Reservations. The Cranes didn't want a pool to ruin their ocean view, so they enlisted the help of renowned Boston land- scape architect Arthur Shurcliff in designing an unob- trusive space that reflected the grandness of the estate. in-depth PLACES Top, the ballroom building and former pool area; Above, the Casino stairs leading to the estate's famous sprawling lawn Photographs courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations