Monthly Archives: April 2008

Open House Sunday

April 22, 2008 – 8:34 pm

The wife and I went to two open houses on Sunday. There were a lot to choose from, owing in part to the nice weather and the beginning of the spring glut. As usual, though, the pickings were slim for us. This is is due in part to the fact that we’ve narrowed our search [...]

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Ghost Town USA

April 10, 2008 – 7:43 pm

I got this from The Consumerist. In Stockton, California, the mortgage crisis has resulted in waves of foreclosures, creating a virtual ghost town of empty homes in a former real estate boom area. Houses that once sold for $700,000 have trouble fetching even $200,000 and many houses stand empty without a prospective buyer in [...]

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The Watson House

April 3, 2008 – 10:01 pm

Here’s an old postcard my wife bought on eBay. It shows the front of The Watson House, an old hotel on Fire Island Ave in Babylon. The postmark is 1914.

…the Watson House, beautifully located on Placide Avenue is one
of the largest, and in its various appointments probably without
a rival, the finest hotel on Long Island. [...]

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