Architecture-Music Meet at Philadelphia Event

It was a March night to remember for nearly 100 guests who braved snow and frigid temperatures to tour a classic, restored Delancey Street townhouse. The evening was capped off with a mini-concert in the home’s front parlor by two very talented, very young (under 25 years old) violinists, Josef Špaček and Joel Link (Joel is on the left in the photo), who are studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Hosted by Melodie Kahr, associate broker, and Patrick Pastella, both of Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty’s Philadelphia office, and Rob Volpe, owner of Lily Development Corp., the event showcased the emotional music of composers Béla Bartók and Eugène Ysaye and the drama of the Hewitt Mansion, a c.1869 brick and brownstone home on one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive residential streets. Volpe’s development company restored the mansion’s original architectural details, updated each room, finished the lower basement level and modernized its mechanical systems. The residence is now listed for sale by Kurfiss SIR for $5,995,000. Read more about this event….