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Hamptons-Bashing in the New York Times
South Fork splendor I HAVEN’T ALLOWED MYSELF A PROPER TIRADE in a long while, but last Sunday’s New York Times Real Estate section drives me to it. Did you see the top story, “The Fork Less Taken”? I read it … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged New York Times, North Fork, South Fork, tirade
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Why Build New at All?
Proposed community of ‘shotgun’ houses by San Antonio-based design firm Lake Flato ALLISON ARIEFF’S AGENDA is showing. In her recent New York Times column,“Shifting the Suburban Paradigm,” Arieff took on the dismal prospects for the single-family home, longtime standard-bearer of … Continue reading
Prospect Heights in Today’s Times
THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD has become the newspaper of the obvious. Today’s “Living in…” column on my recently adopted Brooklyn neighborhood of Prospect Heights, in the Sunday New York Times Real Estate section, tells me nothing useful or surprising, and … Continue reading
Posted in BROOKLYN, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged Aaron Copland, Avenue, brownstones, New York Times, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, REAL ESTATE, Vanderbilt, Washington
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Wood Among the Brownstones
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, yesterday’s New York Times had an article in the Real Estate section about rare wood-frame houses in New York City. Living in one of these often-freestanding relics can feel very much like living in the … Continue reading
Tziporah Salamon, Fashion Artist
MAYBE YOU’VE SEEN Tziporah Salamon riding around town on a baby-blue bicycle, a vision in vintage couture, with a funny hat on her head and bike-unfriendly shoes. Somehow she survives, and gets great press. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tzipi is an artist. Her … Continue reading