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Northshore October 2025
It was a magical moment in a most unlikely place: the roof of a one-story home in Manchester-by-the-Sea on a mellow afternoon. Architect Art Dioli, AIA, contractor Chris Ragusa, and the homeowners, a couple with teenage children, had met at the 1990s-era house to talk over a simple expansion.   Ragusa, the principal of CM Ragusa Builders, climbed onto the flat roof and was captured by the expansive view: a blue and green collage of Manchester Harbor and, just beyond, Bakers Island and Misery Island. Ragusa called out to the homeowners, who clambered up the ladder, saw the beauty, and found the inspiration to create more rooms with a v
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