Dear Friends, We are profoundly saddened by the death on May 22, 2012 of Everett H. Ortner, noted preservationist and founding chairperson of both the Brownstone Revival Coalition and Preservation Volunteers. For almost fifty years, Everett worked tirelessly to preserve and defend New York’s brownstone neighborhoods. He was our dear friend. After purchasing and restoring […]
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Last Thursday’s Vandenberg-sponsored BRC Market Seminar was a fabulous success. The event was standing-room-only, with over 60 townhouse owners, buyers, and preservationists in attendance. Dexter spoke on the 2012 townhouse market, and Sherwin Belkin Esq. spoke about owner occupancy-proceedings. Attendees also had an opportunity to pose their landlord-tenant questions. Over the next few weeks we’ll […]
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Dear Friends, If you haven’t yet RSVP’d for the always-popular BRC Market Report seminar on May 17th, be sure to do so today! Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:00-9:00pm The Dorot 171 West 85th Street I will be speaking on this year’s townhouse market sales, as I do every year at the Vandenberg-sponsored spring seminar. 2012 […]
Continue reading →One of our good friends, Clem Labine, was recently honored by the receipt of the Newington-Cropsey Cultural Studies Center’s 2012 Award for Excellence in the Arts. The award was given during an evening in Clem’s honor at the Union League Club. Clem is one of New York’s most accomplished preservationists. After he bought and restored […]
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Dear Friends, The BRC’s 25th Annual Market Report seminar will take place on May 17th, 2012. As at every Vandenberg-sponsored spring seminar, I will be speaking on this year’s townhouse market. Is it a buyer’s or a seller’s market? Are home values up or down, and why? I’ll offer some answers to these questions, along […]
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