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Northshore October 2025
  Was it the granite that brought the sculptors to Cape Ann? Or was it the light? In the case of Charles Grafly, it was the fresh air. A teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, he established a summer home near Folly Cove in 1902 because his daughter suffered from respiratory problems; her doctor recommended that she breathe air cleaner than her native Philadelphia’s. The breezes blowing across the rocky, wooded landscape from Ipswich Bay were pure and invigorating, and the views were inspiring. Additionally, the landscape was bathed in the incomparable light that only exists in places surrounded by water. It ha
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