Flowers on the front stoop of your New York brownstone can be an easy, affordable gift to yourself and the neighborhood. My wife and partner Jane and I recently discovered exactly how much of a difference flowers make, and we want to recommend them to all our friends. Jane had the idea after walking by […]
Continue reading →Friends, Please click here to see the article in yesterday’s New York Times about Vandenberg’s sale of 357 West 121st Street. At $2,575,000, it was a bit higher than other nearby sales in the last few years. However it is about half the price of our average townhouse saleprice on the Upper West Side. How […]
Continue reading →Many buyers are saying:a) I’m waiting for the prices to go lower andb) I’d only buy at 20-25% below the asking price. In response, here are the reasons to buy now. 1. As all the weathered veterans know, it’s impossible to catch the bottom of the curve and the only time to know it’s the […]
Continue reading →“The Couple Who Saved Park Slope “By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLISPublished: Sunday, April 25, 2004, New York Times Correction AppendedEVELYN AND EVERETT ORTNER are the original gentrifiers, a word whose pejorative connotations seem unfair when applied to people who have dedicated the last 40 years to the welfare of Park Slope the way others invest a lifetime […]
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