THURSDAY,Republican-American AUGUST 31, 2017 -C 08/31/2017O U N T CopyR YReducedL toI 66%F fromE originalREPUBLICAN-AMERICAN to fit letter page 5E Page : E05 Voice of experience ON THE MARKET on opioid crisis r. Michael ed by the opioid epidem- A country home from architect D Saxe will ic gave him a special in- speak at the terest in the epidemic’s who helped shape Woodbury Public Li- causes and solutions; n the vast cat- brary about the opioid and he has spoken to nu- I alog of build- merous audiences of ings designed health care professionals by legendary architect and lay people, as well as Wallace K. Harrison, a written articles about the Colonial home in the crisis. He has helped quiet Litchfield County physician organizations town of Washington and the Connecticut doesn’t stand out as one state government to cre- of his more celebrated. CONTRIBUTED ate guidelines and regu- Harrison is the man who crisis in Connecticut and lations regarding the designed such famed beyond, on Tuesday prescribing of opioids New York City land- Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. Dr. and opioid addiction marks as Rockefeller CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS Saxe served as Chair- medications. The pro- Center, the United Na- Wallace K. Harrison, known for designing the and other New York landmarks, designed this 1936 Colonial. man of the Middlesex gram is free, and regis- tions building, and Lin- Hospital Department of tration is asked. Details, coln Center. But in 1936, when his sister moved to the leafy Connecticut countryside, he pieced together a Colonial Emergency Medicine for registration: woodburyli- home which blended with the community but nonetheless reflected his signature modernist style, what with its two 22 years. Treating thou- braryct.org; 203-263- neo-Greek Revival wing makeup. “Mr. sands of patients affect- 3502. Harrison affected the shape of New York as few architects have done,” stat- First run event ed Paul Goldberger in Harrison’s 1981 New York Times obituary, before de- he Southbury Land Trust’s inaugural tailing the architecture that made him T Phillips Farm 5K Trail Run will start so renowned. “As director of planning at 4 p.m. Saturday Sept. 9, at the for the United Nations headquarters, he Phillips Farm Preserve, 400 Sanford Road. The led a team of architects in creating the run/walk course offers a bridge, stone walls, an complex on the East River; he was a apple orchard, and a pond; wide wooded paths, dominant force in the overall design of winding trails, fields, fern-lined forest, and one as well as the architect Among the home’s interesting features are the gym and the sauna. fairly steep hill, with outstanding ridgeline vis- of the Metropolitan Opera House. tas. There will be food trucks, craft beer, and “With his longtime partner Max Abramovitz, he designed a number of well-known midtown skyscrapers, including the music by Cinnamon Sky. The first 250 to register Mobil Building at 150 East 42d Street, the Corning Glass building at 717 5th Avenue, and the Time & Life, McGraw- receive a performance race T-shirt and a swag Hill, Exxon, and Celanese Buildings on the Avenue of the Americas,” bag; awards go to the top three male and female Goldberg continued. Given the scale of those urban projects and overall I N T H E finishers in eight age categories. Registration is mid-century modern aesthetics he was so clearly fond of, it is a tad surpris- D E T A I L S $35 in advance, or $40 after Thursday Sept. 7, at ing that Harrison built a residence, and not just a residence, but one of this Listing: Klemm Real Estate www.fasttracktiming.com; and includes the run nature. But according to Goldberger, “Mr. Harrison was known as a mod- Price: $2,395,000 or walk, two food items, and for those 21 and old- ernist, but he was never a member of the avant-garde, and his work never Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 5 er, a complimentary craft beer. No strollers or followed the dictates of a single style.” Listing agent Peter Klemm said that Acreage: 14 pets, please. Details: 203-264-4441; southbury- the way Harrison integrated neo-Greek revival pieces to make a stream- Year built: 1936 landtrust.org. lined classic yet modernized structure was emblematic of his style. Fur- Do you have a home for sale with a ther, he even employed oversized windows not typical of Greek revival. story? We’d love to tell it. Share with iPad users may Plus there’s a home gym with an attached sauna.”The confluence works in Alec Johnson at ajohnson@rep- a way nobody else has done,” said Klemm. “This is a rare one.” also become artists am.com outhbury’s colors, and how to create — Jack Coraggio S Arts Escape layers. Procreate is 5.99 will hold an Copyrighton the App (c) store2017 Republican-Americanand it 08/31/2017 August 31, 2017 9:59 am (GMT +4:00) Powered by TECNAVIA iPad art requires class with an iPad artist Betty that is Ann running

Medeiros, at least on how to IOS 10.0 draw and for the CONTRIBUTED paint using newest the App Procreate, over version of Procreate. The four Thursdays, begin- fee is $60; students must ning Sept. 7, from 1 to bring their own iPad 2:30 p.m., in the Gallery with the Procreate app at 88 Main Street South. installed before class. Students will learn how Details, registration: 203- to use different brushes 586-1474; artsescape.org; and tools, how to choose at the gallery.