Tom Aposporos, Broker Associate, Duncan Real Estate, Inc.

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12/09/2024

The other day, I heard a phrase about facing a challenge: "Look for the light."This past hurricane season challenged the Gulf Coast of Florida and elsewhere. On Anna Maria Island

10/16/2024

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09/21/2024

I had the great pleasure to successfully market these homes…

Happy Friday, my dear readers! I am thrilled to share this new article with you. Life keeps drawing me back to writing about Sarasota’s historical houses and the great architects who left us this noble heritage. In this piece, let's explore one of Sarasota’s key architects, Ralph Twitchell, who ...

08/16/2024

I attended the roll-out of the new brand for Absolute Aluminum, Inc. this morning. What I learned for the first time in three years of recording media spots for the company is that there is a YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCMqzI7jIrnh9s8vUX60DAr8thJdghC9f, with 20 of the commercials we have recorded (my hair hasn't gotten any grayer at least!). I work with David Jones, a good and famous person, who makes this work so easy for me. Soon the new spots recorded this week, with the new brand, will be released. I hope to share them with you.

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05/31/2024

On May 30, the lineage of this early Ralph Spencer Twitchell home listed on the National Register of Historic Places grew by one more family when the sale and purchase completed at 1 p.m. I have now sold the homes at 7207, 7211, and 7219 Broughton Street, Sarasota. (I had previously sold 7207 Broughton to yesterday’s seller in 2020.)

Earlier this year, I presented a lecture titled Early Twitchell to the Historic Society of Sarasota County about these iconic homes. And I am excited that I am being retained to narrate a documentary about the restoration of one of the homes beginning late summer 2024, a project expected to take one and one-years to complete.

I have been fortunate to represent the discerning owners of these fine properties. The sale of real estate is labor intensive but it is worth the effort to help with the preservation of these fine Mediterranean Revival homes for future generations to appreciate.

02/22/2024

More about EARLY TWITCHELL, A Conversation at The Crocker...

EARLY TWTCHELL

Architect Ralph Twitchell’s Early Career in Sarasota

Presented by Tom Aposporos
and organized by the Historical Society of Sarasota County.

Mark your calendars for March 10 at 2 p.m.

Come to the Historical Society of Sarasota County (1260 12th Street, Pioneer Park) and learn about architecture and historic homes in Sarasota that link to one of our most influential architects, Ralph Spencer Twitchell (1890-1978).

It is taking place at a Conversation at The Crocker on Sunday, March 10, starting at 2 p.m. Members free and guests $10 at the door. No reserved seating, doors open at 1:00. The illustrated program charts the early career of Twitchell, who came to Sarasota in 1925 to manage the final stages of Ca’ d’Zan for Dwight James Baum. Twitchell stayed to become architect (and contractor) of a collection of Mediterranean Revival homes, a project he called Ravellan
Gardens.

Later in his career Twitchell became the bridge from Mediterranean Revival to the modern. When he hired the young Paul Rudolph, the collaboration embraced new materials, a fresh look, and a new way of building with glass and reinforced concrete. Architectural writers and historians say the culmination of Twitchell’s move to modernism reached its zenith with the Lido Casino completed in 1940 with Arthur Saxe. Twitchell is a founding member of the Sarasota School of Architecture.

Our Conversation at The Crocker presenter is Tom Aposporos, a member of both the real estate and theater arts communities and his program on architect Ralph Twitchell draws from both arenas.

Tom is a founder of Theatre Odyssey, a not-for-profit producing company nearing its 20th season. Additionally, he often works as a stage actor and is currently appearing in multiple television commercials and is a player in Gothic Library “live” radio theater project.

Tom is also a licensed real estate broker in Florida (a Broker Associate with Duncan Real Estate on Anna Maria Island) and New York and has successfully marketed homes on the National
Register of Historic Places in both states, including the three early Ralph Twitchell-designed residences included in this Conversation at The Crocker.

A former mayor of Poughkeepsie, New York, Tom also served as a City of Anna Maria commissioner. He is a student of local history and this presentation on architect Ralph Twitchell is one he wanted to research and present because he admires Twitchell’s work and place in the history of architecture in Sarasota and the nation.

02/04/2024

This home with separate guest apartment is at 7207 Broughton Street, Sarasota, Florida. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently offered for sale.