Posts with tag Long Island Sound

The city or the suburbs? Despite Census data last year showing that many cities were growing at a faster pace than their surrounding suburbs, voters in our #housepornthurs contest this week overwhelmingly chose the suburbs. This fabulous waterfront manor in Larchmont, N.Y., north of NYC, handily trumped a chic, modern... Continue Reading »

First of all, there are no rats on New York City's Rat Island, the 2.5-acre rock (pictured above) that retired Port Authority worker Alex Schibli just bought for $160,000 in auction. The 71-year-old Bronx man, who likes to kayak, can see the private island from his City Island backyard and for a decade has dreamed of... Continue Reading »