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Tag Archives: North Fork
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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Victorian Farmhouse in North Fork 293K
HERE’S A BRAND NEW-TO-MARKET foreclosure, looking mighty cute — a classic Victorian farmhouse with a front porch and gabled attic. Makes me want to run right out to the East End of Long Island and take a look. It’s at … Continue reading
Posted in LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK, PROPERTIES FOR SALE, REAL ESTATE/INVESTING
Tagged East End, farmhouse, front porch, Long Island Sound, North Fork, Southold, Victorian
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A Very Vintage Christmas
THAT CUTE HOUSE, above, is an 1810 Greek Revival jewel built by a sea captain in Greenport, Long Island. It now belongs to Adrienne Grande, who bought it recently and has been fixing it up for the past year. It … Continue reading
Marika’s of Shelter Island
EVERY DAY’S A FLEA MARKET AT MARIKA’S, a mad jumble of used furniture on Rt. 114, the main artery through serene and pretty Shelter Island, tucked between Long Island’s North and South Forks. Truth to tell, I have never bought … Continue reading
Happy June
NOW THERE’S YOUR PROPER JUNE BORDER, above. A little ahead of time, as is everything in this accelerated spring. Peonies; irises; columbine; foxgloves and phlox on their way. In front of a very proper old house, below, on Long Island’s … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, LONG ISLAND, NORTH FORK
Tagged annuals, beds, border, borders, catmint, columbine, cottage garden, dianthus, farmstands, foxgloves, greenhouses, hanging baskets, irises, June, ladies mantel, lambs ear, LONG ISLAND, North Fork, peonies, phlox, vegetable starters, wineries, yarrow
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North Fork Revival Cottage 440K
The one that got away, above A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I started this blog with a post moaning about the “perfect cottage” that got away. Someone went to contract on it, for 275K, as I was driving out … Continue reading
