“We’ve had many joyous years here,” says Branca, whose tenure at the historic address was preceded by another design great: architect David Adler, who resided there for 15 years before Branca and her brood moved in. Werner Straube “We often sit around the living room and pull out all our treasured family ornaments, from those I had as a young bride to gifts from loved ones now gone but thankfully still in our memories,” says Branca, shown with (from left) daughter-in-law Georgia Uihlein, daughter Anna Lucia Uihlein, and son Andrew Uihlein. says Branca, whose plaid-draped holiday table flourishes in the company of glazed dining room walls that “lend themselves perfectly to this time of year.”