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editor’s letter A s we continue to evolve as a culture, so do the designs of the dwellings in which we live and work. Take, for example, Nicole Streater’s beautiful Essex Fells home (“Beauty and Brains”). If she were designing it 25 years ago, she wouldn’t have been able to incorporate smart home technol- ogy into its many rooms. And in “Going to Cowork,” we share five locations where individuals can work remotely — a new and growing phenomenon. Of course, some things don’t change, like the ability of local residents to surprise and delight. Lauren Clancy’s IV+Revolution allows clients to rejuvenate themselves with- out an expensive hospital stay; Verona residents Brett D’Alessandro and Alexa Modero support homeless veterans with their nonprofit Backpacks for Life. Do you have an innovation you’d like to share? Let us know on social media. ■ CINDY SCHWEICH HANDLER FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM MontclairMagazine In the Fall 2018 issue of Montclair Magazine, we featured the home of ROBERT CALDERONE and JOSEPH AMORINO (“Where Every Day is Halloween”). Amorino recently updated us on a new addition to the home’s look for Halloween this year. “I just installed this 5 foot- 9 inches, life-size sculp- ture in front of the house, and he now overlooks a portion of Upper Mountain Avenue,” says Amorino, who heads the art education department at Kean University. “I completed it in pipe armature, wire mesh and cement, all done in my basement.” 6 FALL 2019 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE update