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Hudson on a Tuesday Afternoon
THE UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN of Hudson is an extraordinary repository of 19th century residential and commercial architecture. Its main drag, Warren Street, is a mile-long stretch of clapboard and brick buildings — mostly row houses, many with storefronts, but … Continue reading
Painting an Icon (Again and Again)
Brooklyn-based artist Robert Goldstrom has painted one building, the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, 108 times and counting — in every season, weather, time of day, and from every possible angle. Goldstrom never intended to paint one subject so obsessively, but since … Continue reading
Urgent Real Estate Questions: My Two Cents
C.W., a reader from Brooklyn, e-mailed to ask my advice on, as she put it, “what/if to buy right now.” So here’s my advice. But please, take it with a keg of salt. We’re dealing in opinion here, not fact. … Continue reading
Posted in REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged 19th century, Art Museum area, Boerum Hill, broker's fee, BROOKLYN, co-op, condo, East End, Fitler Square, Fort Greene, Hudson N.Y., landlord, LONG ISLAND, manaagement company, mortgage payment, North Fork, Park Slope, PHILADELPHIA, primary residence, Queen Village, real estate broker, rental income, rental property, rental units, row house, superintendent, tax advantages, tenants, upstate New York, Windsor Terrace
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Houseboat on the Hudson $117,500
OK, it’s a converted houseboat — near the water, not in it. 400 square feet of cute on 1/10 of an acre in the historic Hudson River town of Athens, recently profiled in the New York Times as a second-home … Continue reading
Old-house hunting in the Hudson Valley
Hudson Valley houses, the older the better Continue reading
Posted in HUDSON VALLEY, PROPERTIES FOR SALE
Tagged Dutch Colonial, Hudson N.Y., New York Times Escapes, REAL ESTATE
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