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Anyone who has ever considered buying a historic home at the low end of the price scale must be prepared to look beyond modern ‘improvements’ (vinyl siding, metal roofs, sheetrock) and make a concerted effort to picture the home as it was in the past.
Autumn is upon us, and here on the East End we get to enjoy some of the finest weather of the year, with cloudless blue skies above a landscape suffused in mellow golden light. Other days are gray, dramatically blustery and cloudswept.
Each year, for one weekend in September, for the last twenty-seven years, the North Fork town of Greenport is host to the East End Maritime Festival, a three-day community-wide celebration of local nautical history.
Good things come in small packages. These quaint and cozy “tiny gems” on the North Fork are in great locations with many of the same luxuries as their larger counterparts, only on a smaller scale. Come live your North Fork dream in one of these “tiny gems” and enjoy a private sandy beach, waterfront home, a cottage, or a bungalow right at your doorstep.
This neo-Craftsman waterfront residence built in 2006 features relaxed living on Cedar Beach Harbor overlooking a 64 acre estuary with spectacular bay views, dock and association beach. It illustrates the very best in craftsmanship and design. Living room has vaulted ceilings and ‘bridge’ balcony, formal dining room, media room, eat-in kitchen with professional appliances. First floor holds master suite and guest room and bath plus laundry, garage and terrace with strong water views.
The summer is winding to a close, and the mad rush of preparing to send the kids back to school is about to begin. But before we say goodbye to the lazy days at the beach, and the long nights out, there still is one place on the North Fork that beckons to us: Greenport.
As predicted, sales on the North Fork this summer were very strong. Waterfront and water view properties continued to be in high demand, amidst rising prices and l...
Have you ever dreamed of a landscape that’s less work to maintain, that doesn’t need lots of watering, or fertilizing or primping? Native plants can be the answer. As the East End becomes more populated and developed, and we face continued problems with nitrogen in our bays and pollution in our wetlands, native plants have become an integral part of an increasing number of local landscapes.
Not long ago, running a business in Greenport was strictly a seasonal affair. If you were a shopkeeper, you shut your doors in the winter as soon as the last tourists left (unless, say, you sold, coffee). In recent years, however, increase in year-round residents has got some business owners making it through the winter.
“We kind of fell into the furniture business purely by accident,” says Debra Gildersleeve, owner and designer of Renee’s in Mattituck concerning her and her husband, William. What started as a small boutique in 1978...