Hedges Index: Lucky Number Seven
The number seven is widely regarded as the luckiest number of all. There are seven days of the week, seven colors in the rainbow, seven notes in a music scale, seven continents on Earth with seven seas to be sailed–the list goes on. As we head into the final week of the seventh month of…
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Mansions of the Gilded Age: Opulence Finds a New Home
Vanderbilt. Hearst. Astor. Names that conjure images of a kind of wealth and opulence that could have only existed in another era. The time period they defined, or that defined them, derived its own name from the satirical The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, and today the era offers a powerful point of reflection…
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Town & Country CEO Judi Desiderio Talks 2Q Numbers
“Considering we were locked down due to COVID-19 most of this quarter, the statistics show the resilience of the Hamptons Home Sales Market!” Town & Country Real Estate CEO Judi Desiderio shares her insights for the Hamptons market after the second quarter. Despite a quarantine in which the market was forced to adapt to remote…
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At Home with Joey Wölffer
One thing became evident to Joey Wölffer over the past few months, and that is the importance of home. “I’ve spent my life running from thing to thing being busy,” says Wölffer, the co-owner of Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Joey Wölffer Boutique, Wölffer Stables and Wölffer Kitchen. Wölffer says that the past few months, as the…
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Property of the Week: The Water Street Shops, Sag Harbor
The Water Street Shops property in Sag Harbor is for sale. This significant and large commercial property comprises several retail units in a prime spot and is listed by Enzo Morabito at Douglas Elliman Real Estate. 22 Long Island Avenue, the Numbers Listed at $13.9 million Built in 1950 Features 8 retail units 15,188 square…
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Master Craftsman: John Wanag, Montauk Custom Rods
The East End has changed much over the centuries, but fishing remains a stalwart constant upon our shores. Long before robust homes laid lengthy shadows across the dunes, and long since, local men have cast net and line to pull their harvest from the sea. The traditions are time-honored and the tools and techniques largely…
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Real Estate Roundtable: Inquiring Minds
Questions. They are everywhere around us, and new ones keep popping up all the time. At certain moments, it can even feel that the more we know, the more answers we seek. With that in mind, we turned to real estate experts and insiders on the East End to learn what essential questions buyers and…
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Hedges Index: 100 Years
Take a journey back 100 years to see what a coming decade held…and imagine what the next 10 years may bring Year the Village of East Hampton was incorporated: 1920 Earliest mention of the Hamptons on the silver screen (The Sheik): 1921 Year 11 mini-hamlets amalgamated under the name Hampton Bays: 1922 Year first paved…
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Property of the Week: 29 Cobb Isle Road, Water Mill
Imagine, if you will, a stunning waterfront home in pristine shape complete with floating dock and views to die for. Now stop imagining–29 Cobb Isle Road, Water Mill, newly listed by Pat Petrillo at Sotheby’s International Realty, is a rare beauty that is very real. 29 Cobb Isle Road, the Numbers: Listed at $14.995 million…
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