When Patti and Danny Foley decided to tear down a house and build their dream home in Old Tappan, they had more than the average neighborhood concerns to weigh. The other 26 homes on their street are 1950s ranches. They worried that their home would stick out and changed their design several times until settling on a five-bedroom contemporary colonial in stucco. The result is no sore thumb, but it's certainly different.
Times are different than they used to be.
Everybody wants more today. We're hoping it's a neighborhood that will change in time. They featured sunken living rooms with cathedral ceilings and kitchens in the front half of the house. And, of course, loud-colored tile baths. They reflect the building boom of the Fifties but they've withstood the test of time.