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Labor Day Weekend is upon us – and the Westchester events calendar is once again up for your convenience. I keep adding on as time goes on. As the seasons are changing – so is the calendar. Right now we are in transition. There are plenty of Westchester County events to pick from. Why travel to Manhattan when all of this is in your back yard?
Friday, Sept 3
New Rochelle Farmers’ Market
Huguenot Street and Lawton Street
FRIDAYS 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
Stone Barns Farmer’s Market
Seasonal Farmer’s Market
2-4 PM for the general public.
630 Bedford Rd – Tarrytown, NY 10591
Westchester Broadway Theater
“Rent” has had rave reviews – for details including pricing call 914-592-2222
Playland’s famous fireworks display - Season Finale
Friday 9:15 p.m. – Parking $5
Playland Parkway
– Rye, NY 10580
(914) 813-7010
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The Westchester events calendar is once again up for your convenience. I keep adding on as time goes on. Although this is a relatively quiet weekend – the weekend before Labor day, there are plenty of Westchester County events to pick from. Why travel to Manhattan when all of this is in your back yard?
Friday, August 27
New Rochelle Farmers’ Market
Huguenot Street and Lawton Street
FRIDAYS 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
Stone Barns Farmer’s Market
Seasonal Farmer’s Market
2-4 PM for the general public.
630 Bedford Rd – Tarrytown, NY 10591
Sleepy Hollow Jazz Concerts
Vanderlei Pereira & Blindfold Test – Free
Rick Stone Quartet- 6:30-8 PM
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The Westchester events calendar is once again up for your convenience. I’ve added a few new sources. As this list continues to grow – I hope to make this list an even more valuable resource. Once again, there are plenty of Westchester County events to pick from. Sure, the city is just a train ride away – but there is plenty to do in your own back yard.
Friday, August 20
New Rochelle Farmers’ Market
Huguenot Street and Lawton Street
FRIDAYS 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
Stone Barns Farmer’s Market
Seasonal Farmer’s Market
2-4 PM for the general public.
630 Bedford Rd – Tarrytown, NY 10591
Tarrytown’s Third Friday
Features Specials and Raffles every 3rd Firday of every month
Main Street & Broadway – Tarrytown NY
This Friday is Tarrytown’s first big screen outdoor movie – “Back to the Future.”
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The Scarsdale housing market is mirroring other markets with lower Westchester NY. Real Estate Scarsdale NY represents two separate markets. One that is improving and the other that is either declining or hold steady:
A Tale of Two Markets
Single family Homes for sale Scarsdale NY – are doing well. Volume is up, inventory is down and prices are higher over Q2 2009. Edgemont (which is part of the town of Greenburgh with a Scarsdale P.O. – confirms that pattern. Cooperatives reflect another market altogether. Although sales volume is up – prices are flat. Even units on the famous Garth Road are not moving rapidly.
Single Family Homes – Scarsdale NY & Edgemont NY
Prices of Scarsdale Homes for sale were up 16% from Q2 of the previous year. The median sales price was $1,295,000 with a range between $540,000 and $3,975,000. Sales volume was up 22% over the previous year with 44 homes sold in Q2. These numbers encompass all of the elementary school zones including Edgewood Scarsdale, Fox MeadowScarsdale, Quaker Ridge Scarsdale Heathcoate Scarsdale and Greenacres Scarsdale. Inventories are low with about 4.5 months of inventory on the market when you look at current contracts and pendings.
The Homes in Edgemont showed dramatic improvement in both pricing and sales volume. Sales prices are up 57% to $1,120,000. Sales volume is up over 300% with 19 homes sold in Q2 2010. Inventories are still on the high sit with about 7.5 months of overhang on the market.
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I was in Tarrytown NY last night enjoying a late latte at Coffee Labs and wandering around enjoying one of the nicest evenings this summer has had to offer up. Suddenly – right in front of me is this tree. It’s an ordinary tree like all the others on Main Street. It’s around 11 PM and I was tired. But there was something different about the tree…It had a bunch of paper notes hung on it like ornaments on a Christmas tree. I looked at the pieces of paper and they all had writing scribbled on them. Each note began with “I wish.” Then on the trunk of the tree was a little box which held the paper pieces and a pen – and on the box it said “Wish Tree.”
I looked at the notes and to my delight very few of them were trivial. I saw nothing like “I wish I had a nicer car” or “I wish I could afford a bigger house.” Instead many of them were wishes made on behalf of others. Truth be told, we seem to have precious little of this these days. In a world that leans more and more towards the “I’ve got mine” or “Let them eat cake” mindset – it was so refreshing to see this tree with all these wishes – many of the totally unselfish.
Although I do business in many villges in Westchster NY – Tarrytown is on of my favorite locations. Truth be told, this is one of the reasons I like Tarrytown so much. It’s vibrant – at 11 PM the streets were packed – no sleepy village feel here. They don’t roll up the streets at 6 PM. People were still dining – coming out of the Tarrytown Music Hall and walking the downtown. But it is also a community with a heart and soul of its own.
I apologize for the quality of the photos – but I didn’t have my large camera with me – these were taking from my “older” iPhone – not the newer fancy model with better pixel density.
One of the tags on the collage below in the collage states simply “I wish all these wishes could come true!” I do too!
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The weekend rolled around fast and my work schedule prevented me from posting this earlier today. The Westchester events calendar is once again up for your convenience. Once again, there are plenty of Westchester County events to pick from. Sure, the city is just a train ride away – but there is plenty to do in your own back yard.
Friday, August 13
New Rochelle Farmers’ Market
Huguenot Street and Lawton Street
FRIDAYS 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
Stone Barns Farmer’s Market
Seasonal Farmer’s Market
2-4 PM for the general public.
630 Bedford Rd – Tarrytown, NY 10591
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Larchmont NY*, like all other communities in Westchester, has been hit hard by the housing recession. But there is some light at the end of the tunnel for Larchmont. Single family Larchmont NY homes for sale are enjoying renewed strength. Resales are brisk with inventories low and prices are up over the previous year However, the coop and condo markets are showing an entirely different pattern.
Same Location – Two different Markets:
Single Family Homes – Larchmont NY
This market is actually turning into a seller’s market. There are a few pockets in Westchester NY that can make that claim and this is one of them. The price reductions over the past few years along with lower interest rates have brought buyer’s out of hiding in some select areas. Th median sales price in Q 2 2010 was $1,153, 000 – up 11% from the previous year. Sales as a whole were up 156% over the previous year. If you look at the current inventory as well as the number of Solds in Q2 along with current contracts & pending sales – you have about a 3-4 month inventory in Larchmont NY homes for sale. This puts the single family home market into more of a seller’s market than a buyer’s market. The low inventory is suggestive of price increase in the future.
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The weekend rolled around fast this week – and its supposed to be a great one. – The Westchester events calendar is once again up for your convenience. Once again, there are plenty of Westchester County events to pick from. Sure, the city is just a train ride away – but there is plenty to do in your own back yard.
EVERYDAY EVENTS:
Open Gym
The County Center is open to high school students for basketball, foosball, board games, knock hockey and general socializing
6 p.m. to 10 PM – Free to all
Westchster County Center
198 Central Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
(914) 995-4050
Friday, August 6
New Rochelle Farmers’ Market
Huguenot Street and Lawton Street
FRIDAYS 8:00 AM TO 3:00 PM
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The Stonecrest Cooperative: 21 North Chatsworth Ave – Larchmont NY:
The Stonecrest of Larchmont is an elegant pre-war Tudor cooperative with a rich history in an historic village. Located on N Chatsworth Ave the location is nothing short of ideal. Few Westchester coops could compete with this location. Just steps from Metro-North and center of the village.
21 N Chatsworth Ave. has been a desired location since Lou Gehrig called the Stonecrest home. This is definitely a leave the car behind location – with a coveted “walker’s paradise” score of 92 out of 100 from walkscore.com. The train, shopping and fine dining are just steps from your door.
This is a doorman building with a common laundry. There is a waitlist for parking which can be either outdoor or indoor.
Tarrytown NY is known for its shopping and fine dining. Tarrytown NY restaurants are known for their variety and quality and during the summer months tables and umbrellas dot the landscape of Broadway and Main St. while residents and visitor enjoy outdoor dining. Personally, I like Tarrytown. It has all the charm of a turn-of-the-century Westchester village with an artsy edge that gives it personality and just a touch of funk. Although restaurants like Sweetgrass Tarrytown which offers only the best in organic fine dining, there is an informality that is very appealing and not as apparent in some of the villages along the Long Island Sound. Since Tarrytown to Grand Central is only 37 minutes by express train, this is a commuter village with a vibe all its own.
