Commonwealth Sisters for Sale

Chambers's neighbor, Deepak Kulkarni, hired Sheldon Good & Co. in Chicago to hold an auction for his 4,000-square-foot single-family home at 130 Commonwealth Ave.

Both Commonwealth properties are remnants of an architectural style that flourished from 1885 to 1920 in Paris and on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Architect Arthur Bowditch, known for designing the Art Deco-style Paramount Theater in Boston, rebuilt the facades on the Commonwealth Avenue houses. This face-lift created a deep contrast with the plain, orderly brick facades of the neighboring brownstones.

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Chambers's neighbor, Deepak Kulkarni, hired Sheldon Good & Co. in Chicago to hold an auction for his 4,000-square-foot single-family home at 130 Commonwealth Ave. Both Commonwealth properties are remnants of an architectural style that flourished from 1885 to 1920 in Paris and on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Architect Arthur Bowditch, known for designing the Art Deco-style Paramount Theater in Boston, rebuilt the facades on the Commonwealth Avenue houses. This face-lift created a deep contrast with the plain, orderly brick facades of the neighboring brownstones.