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The Great

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THE ULTIMATE LUXURY SUVS CREATING YOUR PERFECT PRIVATE SPACE NEW EATERIES IN TOWN A FRESH WORKOUT FOR STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY

MODERN OPULENCE Spectacular condos offering every luxe amenity

SIGNS OF THE TIMES The colorful history behind our street names

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contents APRIL 2021 vol. 74 | issue 3

departments 24 EDITOR’S LETTER 30 FROM THE FOUNDERS Of History and Houses 37 STATUS REPORT BUZZ The luxury condo market is booming in Greenwich. We take a look at some projects that may have you pulling out the moving boxes. SHOP Who needs Calgon? Fashion and beauty exec Veronique Gabai launches a fragrance line that will transport you with the scents of the Mediterranean.

DO Curious about rolga? Don’t have a clue what rolga is? We’ve got you.

HOME California Closets offers a creative—and chic—take on the home office. GO What do Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Lamborghini, Maserati and Ferrari have in common? They’ve all entered the SUV market. Wait until you see what this new class has to offer. EAT Graband-go or sit-and-stay, we’ve found new and delicious offerings at some of our favorite small eateries.

66 G-MOM DIY ideas for creating a space of your own (read: not the kitchen island).

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69 PEOPLE & PLACES Greenwich International Film Festival, Community Impact Awards; Calico; Noon Year’s Eve family fun

The battle of the lobster rolls at Greenwich Fish Company: Maine (cold salad) vs. Connecticut (hot butter). You decide.

101 CALENDAR 107 INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

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The state of real estate has never been more exciting. There’s no question about it—the market is white-hot. We explore the trends, big sales and buying and selling strategies.

Take a stroll down our Greenwich streets and discover the fascinating stories and interesting characters behind how many got their names.

b y chri s hode n f i e l d

by d onna moff ly

TO MARKET WE GO!

108 POSTSCRIPT Signs of hope

SIGN LANGUAGE on t he c ov er : liv ing t h e go od li f e i n c onye r s fa r m provi ded b y : brya n brow n a rch it ect s a nd c ompass

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APRIL 2021 / CRISTIN MARANDINO

emember last spring when it was only going to take two weeks to flatten the Covid curve? Yeah, that worked out well. Come May, tensions sored and the exodus from cities began—and so, too, did a major Greenwich real estate boom.

When friends of mine decided to flee New York City for the safety of the ’burbs, they found a house, complete with a pool, gym, sauna, theater and wine-tasting room that was on the market but also available to rent for the summer. I half-jokingly said that the rent was so absurdly high they might as well buy the place—two months rent was equal to a down payment.

They barely dignified the comment with a response. Leave the city? Are you insane? We’re only staying for the summer.

I’m going over to their house tonight for dinner.

We all know that this is not an uncommon story. In search of safety, without compromising a sophisticated vibe, city transplants found sanctuary in Greenwich. And then they quickly realized that life is pretty damn good out here.

Our veteran real estate writer Chris Hodenfield was thrilled to take on this year’s State of Real Estate story. Not only would it be a far cry from some of our darker real estate days (I’m looking at you, 2008), but there was so much new to report. In “To Market We

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Go!” (page 76), Chris explores new trends (Hi, Backcountry), big sales (and we mean big) and buying and selling strategies (Buyers: Don’t come to play around; Sellers: You still need to ditch the lime green tile). It’s not just informative, it’s a truly enjoyable read.

One of the many things Greenwich has going for it is its storied history. So who better to take on an article exploring the intriguing characters and their eponymous streets than a woman with a storied history of her own? greenwich magazine founder Donna Moffly introduces us to the farmers, sea captains and titans of business who made an indelible impact on our town. (“Sign Language,” page 88) Whether you’ve lived here all of your life or you’re a newcomer still wrangling with your GPS to navigate the route to Whole Foods, it’s fun to know about the legends who literally paved the way for you.

Our little corner of the world has obviously changed a lot since those early settlers decided to call Greenwich home. Imagine Andrew Carnegie’s nephew, George Lauder, trying to find a parking spot on the Avenue at Christmastime now.

But this town is still working its magic.

And we’re all enjoying the show.

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What a privilege it is to live in this town—be it north, south, east or west.

t’s April and our annual real estate issue—a good time to reflect on the homes where our hearts lie in our very special town.

Thumbing through the pages of our predecessor, the old Greenwich Review, I was astounded at the price tags attached to houses here in the sixties. (In the forties and fifties, realtors didn’t tend to put prices in their ads.)

In 1962, a five-bedroom Colonial complete with fifty-foot pool and cabana in Deer Park was going for $99,500; the next year, also in Deer Park, a five-bedroom Colonial came complete with apple orchard and servants’ quarters for $85,000; and in 1965, you could pick up a magnificent Tudor on two acres of Old Greenwich waterfront for $125,000.

I’m an apartment child, as was my mother.

Jack and I started off in a honeymoon apartment in Cleveland right across from a nunnery (which he loved to point out) before moving into our first little house. Everything about it was little. It had a little den, a little recreation room with a little bar, a little screened porch and a little nursery where we stowed a little Jonathan.

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maxed out on speeding tickets in Ohio and was about to lose his license.) The snow piled high on the sundeck over our little dining room had leaked through onto the acoustical ceiling tiles, so I hopped onto the table with a piece of chalk to tidy things up. I planned to fess up to a serious buyer, and we were insured, but still … . It sold for $28,000.

Our Greenwich friends Mary Alice and Peter Roome took us in while we house hunted. “No, Donna, you don’t want to check out Bronxville because your grandparents used to live there,” they sagely advised. “Jack’s a sailor, for God’s sake. You want water!”

Our wonderful realtor, Agnes MacDonald of Sammis & Chadsey, kept saying, “I don’t want you kids to be house poor.” But driving down Meadow Road in the Willowmere area of Riverside, I got all tingly. It looked exactly like McCauley Road in Shaker Heights. One 1943 Colonial had been on the market quite a while, probably because everybody loved the couple who lived there—Scott Frantz’s aunt Doris Carrick and her husband Bob—and nobody wanted to make them a silly lowball offer. But we didn’t know them, so we made a silly lowball offer, ending with a mortgage and bridge loan in order to come up with a staggering $55,000. Waaay over our budget.

The first person to appear on our doorstep was Barbara King, whose father Jack knew

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founder’s page from Time Inc. “Is there anything you need,” said she, over the steaming macaroni casserole. “Yes,” I replied. “Kitty litter.” So, she whisked me off to Wattsie’s in Old Greenwich.

Neighbor Betty Burke was the second to arrive, all excited because she heard we had a one-year-old, as did the Burkes. Jonathan and Lovey Girl were the only babies on the street.

Now I’m surrounded by them.

Strangely, over the years Willowmere has been populated by an unusual number of people in publishing, including the Grossets, Harcourts and Braces. Author Sinclair Lewis, nicknamed Red, had put Harcourt Brace on the map, but only after he’d spent time in the Harcourts’ guest cottage sobering up enough to write his next book. And Bob Carrick was editor of House & Garden and House Beautiful. Jack, of course, was already in advertising sales and later we’d launch greenwich magazine, so we fit right in.

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In 1962, a fivebedroom Colonial complete with fiftyfoot pool and cabana in Deer Park was going for $99,500. years and one near-totaling fire later, I’m still in the same house and loving it more than ever. And sure, in the sixties, some backcountry folk didn’t seem to know where Riverside was. It was like crossing the Gaza Strip for them to get here for dinner. In fact, at a welcoming party the Roomes gave for us in their lovely home out on Close Road, one guest had the nerve to comment: “Riverside?

Don’t you think that’s a little below the

salt?!” You could’ve heard a pin drop, but the lady got her just reward when her husband decided to make a career change from finance to carpentry, and she ended up in the backwoods of New Hampshire. Of course, Riverside has now become one of the most popular residential areas in Greenwich.

What a privilege it is to live in this town— be it north, south, east or west. Prices have changed a whole lot since Jack and I drove down Meadow Road on that cold January morning long ago; but they don’t seem to deter the refugees from New York from snapping up houses here these days. Plus, our beautiful town is filled with interesting people in every profession, and these newcomers add nicely to the mix. They reinforce what we’ve always known: That this magazine will never run out of good stories to write, and we’re grateful. G

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n the midst of a super-hot real estate market, more people are turning to the low-maintenance lifestyle of condominiums. But these are not the modest dwellings that spring to mind with the term condo: Some new developments in town deliver top-quality construction and the highest-end amenities. Think waterfront locations, rooftop decks and outdoor fireplaces.

Even with these new developments being built in town

in recent years, demand has increased at a faster pace.

The total inventory of condos for sale in Greenwich is down 42 percent since last year, and several of the new condos have nearly sold out before construction was completed.

Who’s the average buyer?

Empty nesters seem to be the biggest group. “The typical buyer is someone who already has houses in other places. They’re selling their home in midcountry

or backcountry or Belle Haven,” says Jen Danzi of the Tamar Lurie Group of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury. “They want a foothold here because their kids and grandkids are here.”

Rich Granoff, owner of Granoff Architects, who has designed several luxury condo developments in town says, “The pandemic has added to the already strong demand due to a new pool of buyers and renters.”

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boomers and empty nesters, there’s also a trend of New Urbanism, Rich says, “people who prefer a live/work/play lifestyle close to town.” These buyers have shown particular interest in high-end condos.

There are other rentals in development that are geared more toward a younger, diverse group of residents. Here, we take a look at a few of the notable new and upcoming living options in town.

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Named for J.P. Morgan’s 300-foot yacht, Corsair has interiors that mimic a yacht with nauticalstyle wood details and a strong connection between indoors and out. Homeowners also share an outdoor pool and a dock as well as access to a Hinkley picnic boat with captain. corsairgreenwich.com

This twelve-unit boutique condominium is geared toward the top end of the market.

Designed by Granoff and developed by Silver Properties Reichenbaum Group, units at The Modern feature warm yet chic interiors by Mari b., and each home offers three bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths.

Penthouses have views of Long Island Sound and rooftop space with a hot tub, fireplace and grill; other residences have patios and private terraces. Starting at $3 million, each home features a gourmet kitchen with Gaggenau appliances and a waterfall stonetopped island with Italian stone throughout. The technology behind each home is modern, too: electric shades, multiple HVAC zones, fixtures controlled

by Vantage. Included with units are two indoor parking spaces and a storage room. There’s also a Peleton-equipped fitness center, a stainless-steel pet-washing station and a bike area. Eight of the twelve units were under contract before construction was finished. themodernonfieldpoint.com

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Set on a historic property on the Byram River, the two largest buildings of The Mill have been redeveloped into fifty-nine new luxury rental apartments. The surrounding property is being treated to a new landscape design with walking paths, gathering spaces and outdoor lighting.

Designed by Granoff Architects and developed by Steve Schacter and Eric Schwartz, The Mill will feel like a mini village with on-site eateries, including the new restaurant The Lion from Ron Rosa (the restaurateur behind Polpo), and specialty yoga and therapeutic services. The residences have high ceilings and large windows with great views; amenities include gyms in each building, outdoor grill space and an entertaining terrace overlooking the waterfall. Solar panels on the roof and electric vehicle chargers in the garage (two-plus parking spaces per unit) support an eco-conscious lifestyle. Occupancy will begin this summer. themillgreenwich.com

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the Station House is located right by the Old Greenwich train station and steps away from the village’s shops and restaurants. There’s a range of apartment sizes, from one- to three-bedroom, many with views of Binney Park. The amenities include a community

The Station House, also designed

by Granoff Architects and developed by Ivy Realty, will have thirty-seven rental apartments (four of these are affordable units). Designed for walkability,

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ESCAPE ARTIST C A N ’ T G E T A W A Y ? VERONIQUE GABAI BRINGS THE MEDITERRANEAN TO YOU

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reshly cut greens.

Blooming flowers in spring. The salty air of the Côte d ,Azur. For Veronique Gabai, these are the scents that shaped her childhood memories.

Now, after an established career dominating the fashion and beauty worlds (with leading roles at Vera Wang and Estée Lauder), she,s focused on recapturing those sentimental smells with a fragrance line of her own.

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alongside booster scents and a selection of beauty products aimed at creating that freshfrom-vacation glow. Each gorgeous gold bottle offers an instant trip back to the South of France for Gabai, who now splits her time between New York and Westport. Lucky for us, we don,t have to travel far to sample her magical concoctions.

Discover the line at The Perfect Provenance in Greenwich, where the French Riviera is just a spray away.

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making for a good reason.

It is located in one of the most amazing regions, filled with aromatic plants, roses, jasmine, orange blossoms, citruses and resins.

The starting point was the natural ingredients growing there. Then, I wanted to bring the sensual and luminous aura of the Côte d’Azur.

How did you narrow down which scents you wanted to bottle?

The Mediterranean is my cradle, and it just so happened that it is a garden of a thousand scents.

Grasse [in France] is the historical center of perfume

Do you have a favorite from the collection?

I love them all. I create

GOLD STANDARD The signature refillable bottles were designed to be kept as beautiful objects.

them to express a sensation. Vert Desir [yearning for nature] is about the energy you feel when you take a walk in a garden filled with fresh greens. Sur la Plage [on the beach] is like a vacation in a bottle.

What sets your line apart?

The common thread in my line is an idea of light. My beauty products, all vegan, are there to enhance the radiance of your skin—just to add that glow that you would get after a week of vacation in the South of France. My fragrances are breezy and luminous and let you breathe free while creating a memorable signature.

What should people know about wearing perfume?

The sense of smell is the most ancient sense we have and is part of the limbic brain—the brain that feels rather than processes.

The sense of smell is also located close to our center of memories. In a way, scents connect with our instincts and our emotions, and they can trigger journeys in our imagination or in our most moving memories. A connection to scent can be extremely powerful.

For me, perfume is part of my life, and I am happy to share my passion with everyone. veroniquegabai.com

What's your first fragrance memory?

I think I have a good nose, and as a kid it was playing tricks on me. I could not walk by a butcher shop or be around a pot of milk; I would be sick. At the same time, I would bake with my grandmother, rolling dough in my fingers, just for the scent of flour.

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How did you get into the beauty industry?

I always loved fragrances and beauty, but I didn’t know it would become a passion and a lifelong career. I studied business but always knew I needed creativity in my life. I was lucky to be recruited by L’Oreal out of business school, first with a position in makeup, before being offered a job in the designer fragrance division.

My path was one of marketing and business; but the category fascinated me, so I tried to get more involved with development.

From then on, my whole career has been about building bridges between business acumen and creative thinking, between corporate management and entrepreneurial spirit.

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We wouldn’t mind being stranded in the desert with this beauty.

FAST & FUNCTIONAL WE’RE ALL LIVING IN OUR CARS A LITTLE MORE THESE DAYS. WE OPT FOR ROAD TRIPS INSTEAD OF AIR TRAVEL, SEE MOVIES IN THEM OR JUST HIDE OUT FROM OUR FAMILIES IN THEM. BUT SOME OF US ARE HAVING A LOT MORE FUN. THIS IS HOW THE OTHER HALF DRIVES

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Crank up the turbo V12 in your RollsRoyce Cullinan and you’ll be cruising at 60 mph in just 5.2 seconds. Its speed tops out at 190 mph. But the company says you’ll never feel it, because even its SUV offers the legendary Rolls “magic carpet greenwichmag.com

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ride.” The kids can snuggle their toes into the lamb’s wool floor mats and support their little heads on monogrammed headrests.

With the thickest glass possible, foam inside the front tires, and an added 220 pounds of sound deadening material surrounding the cabin, it’s like driving a pair of noise cancelling headphones. Need to take a detour? Hit the Off Road button

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UVs used to serve one of two purposes: haul a lot of kids or haul a lot of stuff. They weren’t pretty, they weren’t fast, they were functional. To steal a millennial term, some utilitarian vehicles have gotten a serious “glow up.”

Rolls-Royce didn’t want to build an SUV, but it says its customers demanded one. Turns out that Lamborghini, Maserati, Bentley and even Ferrari have all faced the same rallying cry from their discerning clientele. They want to climb rocky mountains and forge deep flowing rivers, but they want to do it in style.

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go on the center console and the all-wheel drive engages, lifting the car for better clearance, and voilà—over the rocks or through the river you go. And if you’re looking for the best seat in the house for the next drive-in movie, spring for the “Rear Viewing” option where two electronic seats deploy from the trunk.

No foldable beach chairs for you.

The Cullinan (named for the largest diamond ever mined) starts at $340,350—but if you’re going to want extras like the rear center console that doubles as a Champagne cooler complete with exclusive RollsRoyce flutes, that’ll cost you extra.

The Bentley Bentayga featuring the upgraded and brag-worthy double diamond stitching.

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Bentley offers the wicked fast Bentagya but compromises none of the legendary style. The W12 engine (see glossary) takes you to 60 mph in only 3.8 seconds and tops out at 190 mph. You might think a Bentley SUV is as swanky as it gets. You would be wrong. Even Bentley has a “special” model and its name is Mulliner. H.J. Mulliner & Co. was a renowned British coachbuilder, creating custom appointments for, among others, Bentley. With this option you can go beyond the iconic double diamond seat stitching that says, “This is a Bentley” (much like a woven leather handbag says, “This is a Bottega Venetta”) and get double diamond stitching. Those who know will be impressed.

How fancy are all the interior details? Even the oversized windshield wipers are heated and feature twenty-two washer jets each. The Bentayga starting price is $177,000, but that, of course, is for an unadorned basic model.

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when window shopping for your next luxe suv, we thought this glossary of terms could come in handy TFT Thin film transistor (as opposed to LCD) is a higher resolution indash screen that companies like to brag about.

alcantara An alternative to leather, this fabric feels like suede but doesn’t make you hot and sticky. It helps

grip the driver and passengers to the seats for those high G-turns. (Oh, and it also happens to be the fabric that Louis Vuitton lines its bags with.)

open pore wood A super-popular option that just means wood finishing that won’t have a glossy fake look.

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coach doors Found on the RollsRoyce, these doors are hinged on the back, making an exit from the back seat easier and more elegant. Also known as “suicide doors.”

been used in aircraft engines.

spirit of ecstasy For an additional $4,500 you can have the chrome maiden on the hood of your Rolls Royce up-lit.

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The Brits haven’t completely cornered the swank utility vehicle market; the Italians are in the game as well. Maserati debuted its Levante in 2016, Lamborghini introduced the Urus in 2018, and Ferrari is expected to start production on the Purosangue by 2022.

Lamborghini has declared the Urus a Super Sport Utility Vehicle. It reaches a top speed of 189 mph and comes with several driving modes. At the touch of a button you can adapt the suspension to improve the car’s performance in various conditions—Strada (street), Sport, Corsa (track), Terra (dirt), Sabbia (sand) and Neve (snow).

Want to make sure the kids get home on time? Worried they’ll drive beyond your approved zone? Activate the curfew and geofencing alerts, which notify the driver they’re headed to the danger zone.

The 2021 Urus (named after modern domestic cattle— you confuse us, Italians) has a starting price of $218,000.

Who’d think a Maserati would be considered a budget option? The Levante is just under $100,000. But, if you want the air-conditioned center console or the leather-and-silk upholstery by Ermenegildo Zegna, it’ll cost you.

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ost of us have been working from home for more than a year—and we need an upgrade. “Home offices need to work as hard as you, meaning a home office should be more than a desk and a chair. The work area should be well-lit for virtual meetings, free from distractions and be well-organized for better productivity,” says Masha Alimova, director of information technology and marketing for CALIFORNIA CLOSETS. Known for its expertise in custom-design systems, the company’s features are adaptable to everyone’s unique working needs, including homeowners who don’t have space for a dedicated office.

“The solution is to redesign an underutilized area to create a multifunctional space. Understanding that your needs will change over time, we can create a transitional solution,” Alimova says. “One client asked for a playroom for her kids that featured a reading nook, which doubled as a homework/ workspace. Within the playroom, we installed floorto-ceiling built-in storage for what now holds toys but can easily adapt to storage for office supplies or everyday items.”

A clean aesthetic and plenty of storage are essential to maintaining a productive workspace.

“Some simple adjustments you can make would be adding a keyboard tray, built-in drawer dividers and a slide-out printer drawer. A keyboard tray and slide-out printer drawer declutters your desktop, instantly giving you more room to work without compromising the accessibility of these items,” she says. “One of the best accessories we offer is the fusion track system. It allows frequently used desk supplies to be wall mounted for easy access while preserving desktop space.” Making sure you get everything you need from a space, California Closets works with you on a custom-designed system.

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e know yoga is good for us and foam rolling can unknot the muscles, so why not double the impact and combine the two? With my “rolga” (roll and yoga) workout, the key is to stretch a certain muscle area in a yoga pose, then use a foam roller on that area for myofascial muscle release (it’s like an at-home deep-tissue massage), then stretch the same area with the original pose and see what a difference it makes.

DOWN DOG + LOWER BACK LEG ROLL NEXT, TURN OVER so that you are sitting on the mat with the roller under your right calf. Lift your hips off the ground by pressing into the hands and roll along the calf toward your ankle and back up toward the knee. If you find a spot that feels more tender or knotted up, keep the roller there and only move about two inches back and forth until you feel the muscle release. Focus on the outside and then on the inside for about ten rolls in each area, stopping for any knots. Repeat on the left leg.

GET INTO A PLANK POSE and lift your hips to the sky, so your body looks like the letter A. Spread your fingers wide, let your head be heavy, look toward your knees and “walk” the dog by bringing the right heel toward the mat by straightening your knee and keeping the left knee slightly bent and heel off the mat. Switch sides and pedal the heels down for five deep inhales and exhales. Then allow both heels to stretch toward the mat as best they can. Hold the stretch for another five breaths.

GO BACK TO DOWN DOG POSE (adho mukha svanasana) and allow both heels to sink toward the ground. Notice the difference in flexibility and sensation.

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PYRAMID POSE + BACK LEG ROLL

FROM DOWN DOG, bring your right foot halfway between your left foot and your hands, straighten both legs as you walk your hands back to frame your right foot. (If you cannot reach the floor with the palms, place blocks or books under your hands or step your feet closer together.) Relax your neck and allow your nose to ease toward your right knee. Stay here in pyramid (parsvottanasana) for five breaths and repeat on the other side.

PLACE THE ROLLER UNDER YOUR RIGHT LEG between the knee and hip. Roll back and forth along your hamstring like you did with the calf. Repeat on the other side.

RETURN TO THE PYRAMID POSE and hold for five breaths on the right. See if you can stretch deeper this time. Repeat on the left.

TWISTING TRIANGLE + IT BAND ROLL

BEGIN IN THE LEFT PYRAMID POSE and revolve your torso to the left while lifting your left arm overhead, palm facing the left wall, top arm at 12 o’clock, bottom arm at 6 o’clock, keeping both legs straight. (You may need to add a block under your right hand.) Hold this intense twisting triangle stretch (parsva trikonasana) for five breaths and unwind back to down dog. Repeat on the right side.

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GET INTO A LEFT SIDE PLANK ON YOUR LEFT ELBOW AND FOREARM with the roller under your left leg between the knee and the hip. Bend your top right leg, with the right foot on the floor in front of your left knee to hold you up. Roll up and down, stopping when you feel any knots and tilting forward and backwards slightly to cover the whole side of the upper leg.

Repeat on the right side.

PERFORM TWISTING TRIANGLE AGAIN ON BOTH SIDES for five breaths, and once again enjoy the sensation and increased flexibility.

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DANCER POSE + FRONT LEG ROLL

STAND ON YOUR RIGHT LEG AND BEND THE LEFT KNEE AND GRAB YOUR LEFT FOOT. Hold the stretch for two breaths. Then flip your hand holding your foot with the thumb next to the big toe. Keep your chest facing forward as your right hand reaches for to the sky. This will move the torso forward. Drop your right hand to a 45-degree angle from the ceiling as your left foot inches closer to the sky in dancer pose (natarajasana). Hold for three more breaths, and repeat on the other side, beginning with the basic quadricep stretch.

GET INTO A PLANK ON YOUR FOREARMS with the foam roller under your left leg between the knee and the hip.

Warning: This might be the most tender area, especially if you regularly run, take spin classes or boot camps with squats and lunges. Roll up and down, stopping at any tender parts and focusing on the area with micro-rolling back and forth on that area before moving onto the entire quadriceps area by rolling to your right for several “trips” up and down the area, about ten full rolls. Then roll to the left. Repeat on your right leg.

REPEAT QUAD STRETCH TO DANCER POSE ON EACH LEG, breathing space into the muscle area you just worked.

PIGEON + GLUTE ROLL

GET INTO DOWN DOG AND BRING YOUR RIGHT KNEE FORWARD toward the mat and your right wrist.

Try to get your shin parallel with the top of the mat and your right ankle close to the left wrist as you sit down on your right glute and left quad. You may need a blanket or block to place under your right glute area so that you don’t roll onto your side. Stay upright or walk your hands past the top of the mat and rest your forehead on the ground. Breathe five breaths into the area where you feel the stretch. (This is perhaps the most intense of the yoga poses.) Unwind back to down dog and repeat on the other side.

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SIT ON TOP OF YOUR FOAM ROLLER with the left foot on the floor, knee bent, and the right leg crossed over the left with the right ankle at the left knee. Balance on your hands and on the left foot as you roll over your backside (right glute area) and outer thigh. Repeat on the left glute.

RETURN TO PIGEON POSE ON EACH SIDE, and notice if you can go deeper and if your muscles are “talking” to you less.

After five deep inhales and exhales on each side, roll over onto your back in savasana, relaxation pose, or sit up to meditate.

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e’re as hungry as ever for top-quality takeout food, and two new family-run businesses next to Aux Delices in Riverside are feeding our cravings. Greenwich Fish Company and Cobs Bread opened last summer in the same building and quickly became a hub, with people lining up outside to score the freshest loaves and fishes. On Greenwich Avenue, changes at Meli-Melo and Bistro V (Versailles) have created new ways for people to enjoy these favorite spots.› greenwichmag.com

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His approach and knowledge of seafood were built over decades in the industry, as a chef at several local restaurants and also at another fish market in town.

Having worked in Greenwich for so many years, he says, “I knew I was going to have a good following.”

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Manhattan Clam chowder as well as other soups, bisques and spreads (yes, marlin dip!) plus a whole range of sushi rolls, sushi and sashimi boxes and poke bowls.

The seafood case is stocked with twenty to thirty varieties of fish at any time. For an easy dinner, take your pick of fish, and you can get it grilled, baked or pan-seared and served with ovenbaked potatoes and grilled vegetables; other prepared dinners-to-go include fried shrimp, fish tacos, fried oysters and fish & chips.

Victor is frequently able to get wild Alaskan king salmon, John Dory, orange roughy and other fish that are harder to find. Lobster rolls were a huge hit last summer; you can pick hot buttered or salad style, and they’re served on brioche buns from Cobs. In the warmer months, Greenwich Fish will cater clam/lobster bakes and raw bars, just the thing for people wanting to get back to entertaining.

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hen you walk into Cobs Bakery, you’ll be enveloped in that comforting scent of homebaked bread—so aromatic you can smell it through a mask.

“We bake all the bread from scratch on-site, with our team coming in at 2 a.m.,” says Tom Hyden, bakery operator whose parents Rob and Louise Hyden opened this location of Cobs, an Australian-based franchise, as well as another in Stamford.

“We take it right from the ovens and put it out front. The texture and quality can’t be beat.”

Warning: One glimpse at the goods behind the glassfronted cases definitely tempts

you to try more. I stopped in to pick up a sourdough loaf and left with several scones, a box of cinnamon buns and sourdough rolls as well. The staff is generous with samples, so I also received two slices of the cape seed bread and the high-fiber white.

About that sourdough: “It’s a labor of love and takes twenty-four hours to make,” says Tom. It’s made from a starter called levain and has the best tang to it. Any loaf can be sliced to order, thicker or thinner for sandwiches.

Another popular option is the high-fiber white loaf, which has the same nutritional benefits as whole wheat and makes you feel fuller longer.

For a sweeter treat, try fruity breads such as apricot and fruit bread with raisins, dates and cinnamon as well as scones. Quick lunch that’s a hit with kids? Ham and cheese croissants. If you’re in a hurry, order online, and you can skip the line to pick up your

quick-and-collect order.

Besides the satisfying taste, there’s another reason to feel good about eating Cobs Bread: The company is feeding those in need. Every day Cobs bakes extra bread and gives

generously to organizations including Food Rescue, Abilis and Neighbor to Neighbor.

“It’s always been a piece of the company,” says Tom. “We want to be really involved in the community.”

Try to walk out of Cobs with just one loaf of bread. We dare you. top row, center: Father and son duo Rob and Tom Hyden

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Now while you’re enjoying your omelet, homemade soup or salad or one of the famous crepes (available gluten-free), you can order a fresh-juice mimosa or bellini to go with the meal. As if answering the pandemic’s call, owners Marc and Evelynne Penvenne have added a wine list.

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Meli-Melo from home, there’s a new grab-and-go corner for quick pick up of items such as soups, sandwiches, salads, chicken curry, ratatouille, organic yogurt, local honey and beverages, including wine and Hallstein water from the Austrian Alps. You can also hire Chef Nadia for home catering and her popular crepes parties.

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ost moms will settle for any space they can claim that affords a modicum of privacy.

In today’s world, the classroom has moved into the kitchen, couples are working from home and many adult children have retreated from the city for the safety and comfort of home. A typical day in my house features high school in the dining room, college in the basement and my husband’s office in the guest room.

So, I created a happy place of my own in a seldom used upstairs dormer.

Here are a few tips for creating a room of your own.

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Real estate in your house is important. A space of your own should give you the privacy to make uninterrupted phone calls or attend Zoom meetings.

Today’s pandemic spot may not be your forever dream office, but you can create a just-rightfor-now space. An entire room is not necessary; just look for a spot that’s quiet and not a pass-through where all those other people in your house can interrupt you with questions as they wander to the refrigerator— again. Your office should be a destination.

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A ROOM WITH A VIEW

No view, no problem. Even the smallest space can be buoyed by a swath of wallpaper or piece of art. Create a focal point that lets you daydream. Whether with a photograph of your favorite beach or polaroids tacked to a bulletin board, decorate your space with items that make you smile. Photographer Gray Malin (graymalin.com) offers photos that capture beautiful destinations. Whether your “happy place” is a beach on Nantucket or the slopes at Whistler, his framed photos evoke memories and inspire future plans. (Look for specials on framed mini-photos starting at $199 for 10’ x 13.5”.)

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LIVEN UP YOUR BACKGROUND

My new attic-dormer office began with crisp gray walls that complemented the larger room but felt boring and provided a lackluster backdrop

To save you from hunting all over the house to reclaim a “borrowed” computer or phone charger, invest in a set of chargers and cords designated specifically for your space.

A wireless charger, like the Mophie Charge Stream Pad Plus, is compatible with most smartphones and AirPods, so you don’t need to keep plugging items in but just set them on the pad to charge. The Mophie is available online and at Staples for $59.

Keep cords organized and in their place with a $9 set of cable clips from Amazon. These plastic cord keepers come in colors to match any desk and attach to any surface to blend in and keep computer and phone cords in place.

for video chats. Enter Katie Kime (katiekime.com), maker of whimsical peel-and-stick wallpaper. Now a perky pink and orange NYC Toile brightens one wall—and if I get bored, I can remove it and try on another print. The paper is affordable, starting at $48 for a 24” x 48” roll. It's simple to hang, and the surface allows me to use tape to post notes without ruining the finish. There are plenty of great colors and fun prints.

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Set the stage for great video chats with a few simple tools.

FaceTiming is much easier when you aren’t trying to prop your phone against a stack of books.

Every desk in my house has an adjustable cell phone stand from wish.com. The sleek aluminum stand rotates to hold a variety of phone sizes, supports even heavy Otterbox cases, has an anti-slip base that keeps it from tipping over and is only $7.

The best camera angle, whether phone or laptop, is always head-on, so raise your computer or phone to face level. Consider the Laptop Table Stand Adjustable Riser, just under $40 on Amazon, to solve a number of issues.

In addition to allowing you to raise your laptop to the perfect height for your face, you can also use it to create a standing desk.

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THE SOUND OF SILENCE

Soundproof your space with a noise machine. You may have one already gathering dust in a closet. (I pulled out one that I used for my kids at naptime.)

If you don’t own one, go for a therapist-office feel with the Yogasleep Dohn. Starting at $29, it’s available online or at local retailers like Bed, Bath & Beyond. Additionally, quality earphones with a noisecanceling feature let you tune out all that’s going on in your home and focus on what you’re trying to accomplish. I’m a fan of the Apple AirPods Pro, because they provide noise cancelling, charge quickly and can be found for $199.

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Once your phone or laptop is in position, make sure you have the most flattering light.

You don’t need to be a teen on TikTok to own a ring light. These round halo-shaped lights can be adjusted from warm to cool, depending on the natural light and your skin tone. The Smart Selfie Ring Light on Amazon is under $40 and comes with a tripod, a perk if you wear glasses so you can adjust the light’s height and angle to avoid eyeglass glare.

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SITTING PRETTY

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A “Little” New Year’s Bash

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n 2020, “Noon Year’s Eve” parties for kids were all the rage. A group of local moms put this very impromptu soiree together in just a couple of hours. A few texts back and forth, a quick trip to Party City, a call to Sound Beach Pizza, a speaker for some NYE tunes and voilà—all the makings to give the year a kid-friendly send-off. It’s hard to say who had more fun, the littles or the moms watching them toast to Auld Lang Syne with flutes full of sparkling juice. »

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eminiscent of a “meet cute” scene out of a rom-com, Claire and Danny met at a canoe outing arranged by her sorority, Alpha Phi and his fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi, at the University of Washington. The college sweethearts dated for five years before getting engaged while on a family safari in Botswana.

As with many Covid-era weddings, Claire and Danny had a celebration very different from the one they originally envisioned. The guest list of 200 friends and family was reduced to a handful of guests in compliance with state regulations.

And the drama didn’t end there. A Covid-related incident closed the club where the reception was to be held, so a small dinner outside at the bride’s parent’s Greenwich home was planned just a week and a half before the big day. Just before the wedding thunderstorms were in the forecast. But instead, along came Hurricane Isaiah, which took down a seventy-five-foot oak tree in the yard (a spot where guests would have been shaded from the August sun and heat), and the massive branches pierced the septic field.

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the tree, patched holes and laid sod. Since the tree’s giant root ball was unable to be removed, a wood carver carved a heart with the bride and groom’s initials inside, and guests were supplied with markers, making the stump a makeshift guest book.

The wedding day dawned foggy and a bit misty, but Mother Nature gave the couple a much-needed break. The fog burned off, and the day turned out to be beautiful—perfectly warm and sunny. The bride’s parents said the whole experience was like a three-ring circus, so in addition to masked musicians for the cocktail hour, there was a mermaid lounging in the swimming pool and an aerialist who poured pink Champagne while suspended upside down from a ring in the garden.

There were green masks and white-lace-covered masks made by Misako Bevan for all guests, waiters and musicians. Strict adherence to protocol (including no dancing) made for an enjoyable event, with everybody remaining healthy afterward.

After dinner, illuminated by a sparkler send-off, Claire and Danny walked down the back lawn to the dock and left by boat for their eleven-hour honeymoon at the Delamar (Portugal will have to wait).

Reverend Edward (Ted) Pardoe of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church officiated at the ceremony.

The bride, daughter of Tony Daddino and Susan Bevan of Greenwich, graduated from Greenwich Country Day and the University of Washington. She is a consultant for Spear MC in Seattle.

The groom, son of Jose Gonzalez and Josefa Mendez of Washington, graduated from Eastmont High School and the University of Washington. He is a software engineer for Microsoft in Redmond, Washington.

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TO MARKET WE GO! by chris hodenfield

Greenwich has never been a hard sell, but today’s white-hot market has surpassed everyone’s expectations

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hat a difference a year makes. For the past decade, the business of selling a home in Greenwich moved at a careful pace. Buyers seemed to hold all the cards, and it was not unheard of for a deal to stretch out for a year.

But what was true in 2019 is not true now. The old rules are gone. What happened was the worst health crisis in anyone’s memory, one that shifted lifestyle desires toward our verdant spaciousness.

For all those anxious buyers who now want in, the first piece of advice is: Lace up your running shoes, you’ll need to be quick. How quick? At the Douglas Elliman office, one deal was closed in twenty-four hours. That’s from entering the market to leaving the market. The buyer wired in the money.

That was a rare one, but if a house is priced under $2 million, there will likely be multiple offers. In that range, notes Joann Erb, director of sales at Halstead Property, the average time to sell is less than two months. In former times it was closer to eight months.

“We had one situation,” she says. “The house was done, probably six or seven years old, beautifully decorated and in a good neighborhood. It came on the market at a reasonable price. Agents were calling in and saying, ‘My client is interested but can’t come out till the weekend.’ Well, guess what? It sold in two days. The sellers didn’t

wait till the weekend.” She added: “Last spring customers were taking houses sight unseen.”

It’s been called the “suburban land rush,” which is sort of a misnomer given all the citylike amenities.

So, who’s feeling crushed, besides the slow client? Overworked movers, lawyers, bank officers, town-hall clerks, pool inspectors…

“We had 861 sales in 2020,” notes Bill Andruss of Compass, “and that’s up from 520 sales in 2019.”

Indeed, sales in Greenwich last year totaled $2.3 billion. That’s the highest recorded since the sharp-elbowed, house-flipping 2004 market.

(You remember: the era once referred to as “the go-go days.”)

Adding heat to today’s market is a jumbo mortgage rate of 2.75 percent, about half what it was in 2005. One Realtor said, “That’s like free money.”

“Thinking back on 2020,” says Eric Bjork, vice president, director of sales at Berkshire Hathaway, “it was a tale of two markets. Last March, the phones were ringing off the hook from New Yorkers anxious to escape. We got a ton of calls from people looking for a rental.”

Then Gov. Lamont decided Realtors are essential workers. “We’re in the business of finding shelter for people,” Bjork explains. During the spring and summer, those rentals turned into purchases. »

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There have been some gains in the prices, but what’s changed is the sheer speed of the deal making. That heady $2.3 billion in sales, notes David Haffenreffer, manager of Houlihan Lawrence, “has been more about rising unit sales than pricing.”

It was the increased sales in the $3 million-andabove houses that lifted the numbers. “When you get to $8 million and above, the median price was up 16 percent,” Haffenreffer continues. “When the pandemic really arrived in March, the escape-from-New York people who could buy were the ones wealthy enough to own their own apartments and didn’t have to sell. They could move quickly.”

The international buyer, a longtime perennial of the Greenwich market, is now rarely to be seen for the simple reason that they can’t get out of their countries.

One segment that did swell the coffers was the actual Greenwich citizen looking to trade up or down. People who’ve waited years to sell, says Pam Pagnani, senior vice president and brokerage manager of Sotheby’s International Realty, are delighted to be finally getting a deal and transitioning to perhaps the new luxury condos that have sprung up.

The numbers for 2021 might not be as astonishing for the simple matter of shrinking inventory. “We’ve had fewer than 300 on market,” says Bjork, at the beginning of year. “Generally the town has about 450 on market in January.”

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the Tamar Lurie Group of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury. “For a lot of people who might want to sell, they don’t know where they’d be going.”

Anyone entering the Greenwich market has to know about the fierce competition. “The buyers are doing everything they can to get a leg up over other buyers,” says Jen. “With the inventory so low, they’re offering all-cash deals or placing no contingencies on the mortgage.”

Only a year ago, the fussiness of the day’s buyers was widely known among brokers. The purchaser would have studied all the numbers with the diligence of medieval monks, and they would show up with their spreadsheets and Zestimates, and time was no object.

But all that was so, ahem, 2019. Today’s competitive marketplace has changed that considerably.

“Deals and transactions are done much quicker now,” says Scott Durkin, president and COO of

“The buyers are doing everything they can to get a leg up over other buyers.

With the inventory so low they are offering all-cash deals.”

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“Until that contract is signed, someone could come in and offer $100,000 more and the seller could say they’ll go with that. The deal is not firm until the deposit is received and the two attorneys sit down.”

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Douglas Elliman. “People want something very fast and ready to move in. They’re poised to act quickly. You have to be ready to move in two weeks.”

The buyer’s strategy today, says Bill Andruss, starts with seeing a new listing right away. Then, turn a blind eye to the asking price and decide what you’d be willing to pay. “If you offer $1 million, someone could come along the next day and say $1.1 million. I would say, ‘What are you not willing to lose it for?’”

In such a market, be prepared. “If you need a mortgage,” says Joann Erb, “do all your homework now. Get those tax forms, the pay stubs, whatever, get them all in a folder and ready to send out.

“If people are going into a bidding war on what might be a great house, get the inspections lined up. If the bid has to be in by Wednesday at 5 p.m., say to them that you’ve already got an inspector ready for Thursday

morning, so you’ll know by afternoon we’re OK. “Until that contract is signed, someone could come in and offer $100,000 more and the seller could say they’ll go with that. The deal is not firm until the deposit is received and the two attorneys sit down.”

The lack of binders in the Greenwich market leads to the occasional emotional moment for potential buyers who envisioned a happy life in a certain house, only to see it go to a last-second bidder. “It’s hardball,” says Eric Bjork, “but it does protect the interests of the seller.”

Another buyer’s strategy that has changed considerably is the final inspection. Once this was a simple process, a formality. Then over the years it became a matter of arbitration, where buyers might request changes in the house and demand credits before inking the deal.

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Sweeping waterfront views, a private beach, infinity pool and tennis courts are just a few of the amenities that await the lucky buyer of this Field Point Circle home.

A majestic estate on Cowdray Park Drive

Even before the pandemic, backcountry properties had become attractive again. Four biggies were sold in 2019, which made Realtors very happy, even if some sales were built on the backs of intriguing price reductions. This market was getting jump-started by well-to-do emptynesters who, damn it, wanted the kids and grandkids back, even if just for grand weekends.

“The pandemic definitely opened people’s eyes to backcountry again,” says Stacy Young of William Raveis.

“It made people see a whole new lifestyle out there. On four acres you can create your own lifestyle.”

Now what we are seeing might be a redefinition of the long-gone “family estate.” The new nature lovers trekking here are singing that line from “Don’t Fence Me In.” Give me land, lots of land.

“What they’re doing,” says Tamar Lurie of Coldwell Banker Global Luxury, “is looking for extra land on the property and building another family house next door and then another across the street, so all their children have their own place.”

“Interest in big land had waned over the years,” says Scott Durkin, noting that no one wanted the maintenance. “They used to say that three acres in midcountry was enough. Now it’s, ‘Give me Conyers Farm.’”

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Tamar, who sold several houses in the $17 million range, agrees about the resurgence of Conyers Farm, the vast property up near the New York border, first assembled in 1904 by combining twenty working farms. “Conyers has been asleep for many years,” she observes, “but then everything shifted! People are not looking for huge properties, but they are looking for land. Conyers is amazing, with its ten-acre minimum.

The only problem before was the huge houses; most are more than 10,000-square feet. But the demand is there now.”

The two big eyebrow-raisers last year each topped $40 million.

Fashion kingpin Tommy Hilfiger and his wife, Dee, sold a hilltop mansion for $45 million, which is $14 million more than he paid for it ten years ago. “It was on the market less than two months,” says Pam Pagnani.

Tommy, now moving to Palm Beach, has a few houses in his collection. “Tommy was very open; he allowed us to do press.”

Coincidentally or not, Tommy’s former wife, Susie Hilfiger, put her historic 14,000-square-foot house at 591 Riversville Road up for sale, also through Sotheby’s International, priced at $40 million.

The other big-whopper transaction was a waterfront

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Dunnellen Hall—former home to the Queen of Mean—hit the market again, selling for $16.5 million.

estate on Indian Point Lane. The $42 million sale never even made it to the Multiple Listings Services. Joseph Barbieri of Sotheby’s, representing the seller, worked with Gideon Fountain of Houlihan Lawrence to seal the deal. “The owner was preparing the home to put it on the market, and the agent showed up with a buyer who was interested,” says Haffenreffer. “They negotiated the sale. It’s a career-defining moment for the agent, certainly.”

Another property of note that would have topped all lists if it sold for its 2008 price of $125 million, sold once again. Dunnellen Hall, built in 1916 by a tin magnate, was made famous by Leona Helmsley when the 17,000-square-foot house was her summer bungalow.

It changed hands—and prices—a few times, and last year Bill Andruss of Compass handled both sides of the $16,500,000 deal. The forty acres on a plateau with views of the Sound assures someone of room to breathe free.

Five years ago, says Scott Durkin, there were 145 mansions priced more than $10 million on the market. Now there are twenty-three. These numbers do not include the hush-hush “shadow inventory” of unlisted houses that could be on the market the moment the owners snapped their fingers. »

“People want something very fast and ready to move in. They’re poised to act quickly. You have to be ready to move in two weeks.”

—SCOTT DURKIN, PRESIDENT AND COO OF DOUGLAS ELLIMAN

This waterfront estate on Indian Point Lane sold for $42 million without ever even making it on the market.

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GYMS, CLIMBING WALLS, POOLS AND TENNIS COURTS TOP MANY BUYERS WISH LISTS, BUT IT’S NOT ALL PLAY AND NO WORK. MULTIPLE HOME OFFICES ARE ALSO A PRIORITY

It is telling that the No. 1 item of interest among buyers in this market is the swimming pool.

Only a year ago the pool had become passé, and

there were worried millennials who were actually filling them in. Now, people want to know, even before they ask about the critical home-office space, what’s the pool situation?

“Even on a quarter-acre parcel,” says Joann Erb laughing, “they’ll ask if they can put a pool in.”

It’s another indication that what’s being called the “suburban land rush” is very much about turning one’s home into a living-and-breathing space.

“I’ve heard that pool companies are backed up two years,” says Carolyn Anderson, managing

broker of Anderson Associates. “That’s really become high on the wish list.”

Sellers are advised to think about making their homes look like a veritable playland. In former days, adds Carolyn, a seller would prepare the property by getting rid of that doghouse. Now you might consider adding a doghouse. “Even a tree-limb swing might add to the attractiveness.

Everybody wants to go swing in the backyard.”

“Firepits are big,” adds Joann Erb. “Even in winter. Now that people are moving to backcountry, they want the big back yards, the pool, tennis courts and lots of room for kids to run around in.”

“If you’ve got a family,” says Scott Durkin, “you have to have something at home for them to do—a gym, a climbing wall, an acre with natural gardening to tend to all summer. There are so many things people are looking for.” The message for sellers preparing a house is to provide as many activity options as possible.”

But don’t forget that home office to work in. In these days of WFH (“work from home”), better make that two home offices. “They’re looking at homes with five bedrooms now,” says Carolyn, “because at least one is going to be an office.”

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A charming carriage house on a 1.14 acre Byram Shore Road property

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top: Water, water everywhere on Byram Shore Road bottom: Spas and gyms, like those in this Round Hill Road home, are almost expected at a ceratin price point.

“The home office also must be ready for updated technology,” says Jen Danzi. “Everyone is home, they need to provide enough bandwidth. Traders will put a Cat 5 wiring system in the house; they don’t want the system to go down.”

“Most buyers are from the city and they’re young and both work,” says Joann Erb. “So, they want two home offices. That’s one of the first questions: Can the room be shut off, is it relatively quiet?

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renovating, thus the demand to buy completely finished, “turn-key” houses.

Anyway, notes Joann, how can you find a contractor now? “People are spending all their time at home now, and they all decided they wanted a new kitchen.”

The demand for home offices has had an effect on home design, says David Haffenreffer. “What we’re hearing more and more is that the open floor plan is losing some of its luster. People just want more rooms, whether for school from home, fitness centers or Zoom rooms.” »

The rise in Greenwich sales might tempt a seller to try to sell it “as is.” Don’t be tempted; a few weeks high and dry with no offers will surely result. “There’s never a reason not to put your best foot forward,” advises Stacy Young of William Raveis.

“If someone walks into the master bath and sees old green tiles,” says Joann Erb, “they will walk away from the house. Sometimes buyers do not have much imagination.”

That is, if they get to the house in the first place. A seller can’t forget that the first place any client is going to see a house is on a website. A house that looks the slightest bit murky will get a fast “swipe left.” Sometimes a Realtor can alter a photo and show, for instance, what an empty room would look like with nice furniture. Is that the same as running an old college photo on a dating site? This is up for debate.

“The photography is paramount,” says Andruss. “It’s more important than ever before. And it’s critical to have the house market-ready before the photographer ever arrives. You have to review each room and determine what needs to be done.”

Having professionals stage the house by bringing in new lights and furniture is now so commonplace that a house not so adapted would seem slightly unusual. Of course, the stagers know how to do it just right, which has led to the rising trend of buyers falling in love with the staging company’s furniture and asking to buy it.

As far as color schemes go, the longtime mandate of having only white and gray interiors might be shifting.

“Every year Pantone predicts what colors will be popular,” notes Carolyn Anderson, “and, this year, along with Ultimate Gray they threw in Illuminating, which is really a kind of mellow yellow.”

Experimenting with bold colors has been made easier, she adds. “There’s a new kind of wallpaper called Peal and Stick removable, which is a new hot trend.”

Try it out in a bedroom, and if you don’t like it, it can be easily removed.

“In design,” notes Jen Danzi, “people like things that are current, more modern. They want new materials.”

But for all the attention to design, a seller’s first priority will remain dealing with the stressed buyers. And they will surely be anxious. David Haffenreffer points out an old saying here, “You can’t underprice a home in Greenwich. If you do, you’ll get multiple bids.” Multiple bids might lead to multiple worries.

“When you get into a situation where the buyer is just focused on winning,” advises Stacy Young, “and making

it jump-jump-jump, I tell my clients to hold out for the most secure deal and keep it businesslike. Buyers do fall in love with houses, so it gets emotional.” In a multipleoffer situation, for instance, be good to the buyers you turn down. “You might want to go back to that potential buyer someday.”

DOWNTOWN AND CONDOS

In the anxious days of early 2020, house rentals were high in demand by people escaping New York, but condos were not high on the list. Then minds began to change.

In Old Greenwich, for example, with its relatively intimate neighborhoods, you can barely find an available house now. “When people came out from New York,” says Joann Erb, “they rented there and then got to like the community and made friends. So, then they committed to the area.” And bought.

“We’re finally seeing condos moving, which we haven’t seen in a while,” she adds. “In the beginning of the pandemic, nobody wanted to move from New York into a condo. No one wanted to see their neighbors. There was that kind of fear. Now we’re seeing younger buyers interested.” »

A serene oasis for rest and relaxation in a Mason Street penthouse

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Indeed. As the 2021 market geared up, the total number of condos available, says Jen Danzi, is just seventy-one.

“That figure is down 42 percent from the year before.”

One of the notable success stories was the Modern on Field Point, right in the heart of town. Listing the project are Tamar Lurie and Jen Danzi. “These were condos— add the word luxurious if you want—built with the intent of drawing people who are scaling down from big homes and looking for simpler, everyday life,” says Tamar.

“Will more get built? I’m sure, if they find the right piece of land. The Field Point Road property took a long time to

This penthouse on Mason Street offers the ultimate in luxury just a few minutes walk to shops and restaurants.

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WILL IT STAY CHANGED?

Nobody knows the timetable, but one thing is sure: The societal shifts of the last year will stay with us.

“There’s a huge change that’s going to be felt for years,” says Pam Pagnani. “It’s not just New York and Paris—it’s the whole world.”

“Who’s going to forget this time?” asks Jen Danzi.

“People who went through the Great Depression are still saving tin foil.”

Thanks to the swift emptying of New York City, some rents did actually come down, which in turn tempted younger people to stay. But that determination often shifts when the stork comes—and the school issues arise. Rising student population at Greenwich schools such as Parkway tell that tale.

Brokers often lament that outsiders never quite understand the range and diversity of Greenwich. While the $40 million palazzos get the headlines, Bill Andruss points out that the lowest sale price here last year was $375,000. Heck, that figure might equal the annual maintenance charges in some Manhattan digs. New families will surely notice.

“The lifestyle in Greenwich is what they’re looking for,” says Stacy Young. “They’ll skip right through Westchester to come here.”

The wave of fresh buyers do nurse some misconceptions. “They say they know Greenwich, but then they find there’s so much more than they knew. There are so many amazing parts of town,” she says. “I do what I call the Starbucks tour, where they follow me to Tod’s Point, then Cos Cob. If you like to dine, we have that. If you like trails or the beach, we have it. I always get the same response: ‘Oh, wow, I had no idea.’”

“The settlers who have come here actually like it here,” points out Jen, “although though they haven’t even had a chance to experience it at its best. Once they get all the amenities we have to offer—the clubs and everything else—they’ll be spreading the word. I think it’ll be an G ongoing thing for quite some time.”

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“There’s a huge change that’s going to be felt for years. It’s not just New York and Paris—it’s the whole world.”

secure all the permits; but once it got going, it got all sorts of attention. We sold most of them before it was a hole in the ground.” Of the original twelve, two are available.

Besides the young, urban strivers, condo sales here also benefit from the one-foot-in-Florida crowd. “Some home-sellers want to get a condo, because they’re just not ready to leave town,” says Carolyn Anderson, who also points out a new virtue in a pandemic: “Condos with their own front door are favored.”

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What’s in a name?

homes on the little dead-end road off Cognewaugh in the sixties. Even so, there was snickering, and the street sign was stolen so many times that it was moved to a safe haven up a phone pole. Some residents even worried that the name might hurt their property values and petitioned the RTM to change it to Stonebrook. Their request was denied.

Of course, many of our streets honored our founding fathers, such as Mead, Ferris and Husted; and the financial titans who came to town near the turn of the last century, like Benedict, Tod, Bolling and Havemeyer.

What follows are the some illuminating backstories behind a small sampling of Greenwich street signs. »

The answer is pretty easy when our streets have names like Hidden Brook, Hillside, Shore, Parsonage, Deer Park, Old Stone Bridge, Old Camp, Old Church, Old Mill, Elm, Willow, Copper Beech, Daffodil, Pheasant, Mallard or Bobolink.

And obviously we have the Native American influence—Amogerone, Siwanoys, Mianus, Cognewaugh, Tomac and others. And Byram was supposedly where they went to buy rum.

Some streets were named after two people—like AnnJim Drive, JoFran Lane and Hettiefred Road.

But many have less obvious roots. For whatever reason, somebody decided to name streets in Byram for minerals: Gold, Nickle and Silver streets. And over in Old Greenwich, Havemeyer Park, developed with homecoming WWII veterans in mind, you’ll find streets named Nimitz, Halsey, MacArthur, Marshall and Arnold after their noble leaders. Blessedly there was never a Mr. Dingletown: That road was named for the sound of cowbells.

Because of its name, Hooker Lane in Cos Cob became such an issue that it once made the New York Times. Seems that some of the residents were embarrassed to live there. Never mind that the history of Connecticut is filled with proud descendants of Thomas Hooker, the Puritan minister who founded Hartford as a colony for religious dissenters in 1636. Or that Mr. and Mrs. Elon Huntington Hooker owned a lovely Greenwich estate named Chelmsford for fifty years and helped found the Field Club. Or that Hooker was the maiden name of the wife of the gentleman who developed the first

Our appreciation for the help of the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich and The Great Estates 1880–1930, published by the Junior League of Greenwich, 1986

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JEREMIAH MILBANK, who owned over 300 acres of land from the Post Road to the Sound and from what is now Milbank Avenue to Indian Field Road.

A wholesale grocer in New York, Jeremiah joined forces with Gail Borden in 1857 and financed what would become the Borden Condensed Milk Company. During the Civil War, they made a fortune overnight supplying canned milk to the Union Army, and in 1863 Jeremiah invested in a new railroad company— the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. Soon he would become a full-time investment banker.

Having married Elizabeth Lake from Greenwich, the wealthy New Yorker decided he wanted a summer home in the country and bought the land opposite the Second Congregational Church from the widow of New York politician William “Boss” Tweed. He and Elizabeth lived briefly in Tweed’s house before selling it to H. O. Havemeyer, who moved it a short distance to a lot where Temple Sholom now stands.

The Milbanks then hired the New York architectural firm Lamb and Rich to design their own magnificent mansion in the 1880s. Their grandson Jeremiah Jr. was known for his generosity to the Greenwich Boys & Girls Club and other causes for disadvantaged youth.

Jeremiah Milbank

The iron gate

1818-1884

Milbank mansion in the late 1930s

The showcase property would pass down to their daughter, Mrs. A. A. Anderson, and on to Mrs. Elizabeth Milbank Ashforth, who died in 1930. She left it to her husband and their two children, Eleanor Mabel and Henry Adams Ashforth Jr. The magnificent iron gate erected by Jeremiah Milbank, emblazoned with the letter M, still stands at the intersection of the Post Road and Milbank Avenue.

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arks Road, off Riverside Avenue, was named after AMASA

ABRAHAM MARKS,

a well-heeled businessman and Greenwich philanthropist who bought twenty-five acres of farmland in Riverside for $10,500 from the Ferris family in 1872, and then seventy-five more from John Hendrie and Henry Peck.

He wanted to create a willow plantation to supply his New York City factory that made artificial limbs for Civil War soldiers. His company ranked number one in the industry and was richly rewarded since the government gave new prosthetics to these amputees every five years. It was Marks who invented rubber feet and hands with fingers, along with adjustable kneecaps. A few years later he built a stone building (that would become Ole’s Boatyard) for milling the wood and shipped it down to New York by boat.

On the property, Marks also developed the Willowmere Stock Farm, well known because of a black stallion named King Alair that was claimed to be the fastest horse in the world.

Marks’ kennels, too, were considered the finest.

After his death in 1905, his daughter Anna would take over the stock farm and the kennels, where she bred St. Bernards. Ironically, a year later she was fatally bitten by one of her champion dogs.

In memory of their sister, Marks’ three sons placed a marble fountain at the intersection of Meadow and Willow roads for thirsty horses and neighborhood dogs to enjoy, and in 1919 they developed the land for private residences—forbidding “shellfish or fish either alive or dead” on any of the lots.

The Willowmere Association was formed in 1929 to protect the property owners from commercial invasion and maintain the roads, beach pond and parks. The Victorian mansion built by Amasa Marks in 1889 still stands proudly on Willowmere Circle. »

Amasa Abraham Marks

1825–1905

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Marks’ Victorian mansion

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immons Lane, off Lake Avenue, was named after

ZALMON GILBERT SIMMONS JR. who,

Zalmon Simmons Jr.

1870–1934 In 1923, he started buying up land in mid-Greenwich, a large portion from Alice C. Schwab, and expanded the Schwab farmhouse into a mansion called Rambleside.

His wife, Frances, asked her friend Elsie de Wolfe to handle the decorating of the interior.

Outside, the landscape was superior.

Simmons trucked in and replanted full-grown elm trees, making sure that bridges along the way could carry the load. There were greenhouses, rose gardens, fish ponds and and a collection of iris known as the “River of Iris” that attracted visitors from all over the world.

Before the Depression, eighty-three gardeners took care of the property, supervised by the head of the botanical department at Columbia University. Among outbuildings was a guesthouse, stable, aviary and even a duck house to shelter the hundreds of ducks who came there to feed by the lake.

Simmons gave land to his sons Zalmon III and Grant to build houses flanking Rambleside, but even so, he retained 100 acres. After his death in 1934, the main house was sold; and in 1951 the family donated seventy-five acres between Clapboard Ridge and Lake Avenue to the Greenwich Boys Club for a summer camp, which now includes girls and is still going strong.

The organ that Zalmon and Frances donated to Round Hill Community Church is still being played, and there’s still a Simmons—greatgranddaughter Allison Simmons Prouty—living on the original property.

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upon the death of his father in 1910, took over the family company in Wisconsin, headquartered it in New York, bought up textile mills in North Carolina and turned it into one of the largest manufacturers of beds, springs and mattresses in the country, eventually moving into Canada and Europe.

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eadowcroft Lane, off Grahampton Lane, was named, along with Beechcroft and Pinecroft roads nearby, after HENRY W. CROFT, one of nine children of a wholesale grocer, who rose to head the HarbisonWalker Refineries Company of Pittsburgh, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of bricks.

retirement in 1938. In late 1915 Croft, known as Harry, bought 300 acres of land in the Clapboard Ridge area—“one of the largest real estate deals every made in Greenwich,” reported the Greenwich News and Graphic— and soon thereafter the deeds to five farms once owned by the Mead, De Kraft, Peck and Reynolds families. Later, Croft and his neighbors would successfully prevent the Merritt Parkway from cutting through this area.

The handsome estate, named Grahampton after his wife, Mary Augusta Graham Croft, was finished in 1917. It boasted English tapestries, eleven fireplaces and in Croft’s office an innovative machine that amplified music so it could be heard throughout the house.

Outside, Augusta created wonderful gardens while her husband, a member of the Blind Brook and Round Hill clubs, drove golf balls on the lawn and their four children rode around on their horses. They even welcomed the fox hunters who chased through their homestead. »

Henry Croft

1865–1947 An extremely wealthy man, he decided “out of the blue”, said a daughter, to build a mansion in Greenwich, where he would spend the summers while wintering in Pittsburgh. He would live here permanently following his

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lagler Drive, off North Street, was named after JOHN HALDANE FLAGLER, who the New York Times referred to as a “multimillionaire steel and iron man.”

Refusing to go to college, Flagler went to work with his uncles, who were iron dealers in New York. He ended up founding his own iron and steel firm and the National Tube Works that later merged with U.S. Steel. He also controlled the world’s largest line of drugstores and would merge with Liggett.

warm up the house and a defective flu caused the blaze.

Married for the third time, Flagler was determined to build another mansion in Greenwich; but he died before it was finished.

Half of his two-million-dollar estate would be divided among three New York hospitals in memory of Alice.

John Haldane Flagler

1836–1922

After the death of his first wife, Flagler fell in love with Alice Mandelick, a young contralto. In 1905, they bought forty acres in Greenwich, west of North Street, and built Northbrook Farm, a Spanish Mission–style country home with fountains, bell towers, huge conservatories and plenty of room for entertaining.

Alice Flagler gave many recitals there, once inviting 800 socialites to a dramatic production performed by ex-convicts to benefit educational work at Sing Sing.

Staged on a raised platform at the end of the veranda surrounded by glass for the event, the show, said the New York Times, “portrayed prison problems, humorous and pathetic” and raised $1,200. Mrs. Flagler also gave a luncheon in the garage for fifty-eight ex-convicts and their wives.

When Alice Flagler died in 1918, her husband agreed to sell his Greenwich property for between $300,000 and $400,000 to Walter C. Teagle, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey. Reportedly, Mr. Teagle wanted to give it to his wife for Christmas. But before the closing, the mansion caught fire and burned to the ground. Nearly everything was lost.

Apparently, the pipe organ hadn’t been part of the sale package, and when experts arrived from New York to prepare it for shipping, the caretaker had lit the furnace to

Northbrook Farm

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—a one-car train ordered hurriedly by Lauder bearing two New York physicians, who were “immediately whirled from Greenwich station to Mr. Lauder’s estate at a rate which far outran the Connecticut speed law limits.” (Greenwich police were sympathetic.)

His sister, Harriet Lauder Greenway, had bought the estate of the eccentric millionaire John Hamilton Gourlie on Mead Point. And upon George’s sudden death in 1916, she and her widowed sister-in-law gave Island Beach to the town of Greenwich as a bathing beach and park in memory of her brother, the commodore of Indian Harbor Yacht Club from 1904–1906. At the same time, Mrs. Matthew Astor Wilkes, daughter of Hetty Green, Mrs. James Campbell and Wilbur K. Porter presented the town with a twin-screw boat capable of carrying 300 passengers out to Island Beach. »

LAUDER WAY

In May 1902, Lauder of Pittsburgh, a young man in his twenties, came to Greenwich to wed Katherine Morgan Rowland. For their wedding trip, they boarded his $80,000 135-foot yacht Endymion, the fastest ocean schooner in the world, reported the New York Times, adding that “the gifts were of the most costly and rare kind” before listing the guests with such well-known names as Phipps, Rockefeller, Schwab, Tilghman and, of course, Carnegie.

After their engagement a year earlier, the “Pittsburg capitalist” had purchased twenty-five acres of land from Alexander Mead adjoining Rockridge near William G. Rockefeller’s summer home, deer park and farm. The newlyweds would return to a residence the groom had built on the property to the tune of at least $100,000.

In 1910 the Times reported a “stork special”

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auder Way, off Lake Avenue, was named after George L. Lauder Jr.

GEORGE L. LAUDER JR., only son of

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1881-1916 the cofounder of the Carnegie Steel Company, now U.S. Steel, and the nephew of Andrew Carnegie.

Lauder Estate

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ooreland Road, off Round Hill Road, was named for

CHARLES ARTHUR MOORE, chairman of

1880–1949

The Moores present a trophy to Angus Fraser, circa 1925

A man of many interests, the Yale graduate went on Perry’s Arctic expedition that brought back the Cape York Meteorite in 1897 and joined Homer Davenport in Arabia in 1906 to import its fine desert horses. He also served in the Balkan War and hunted big game around the world.

His 275-acre estate on Round Hill Road, a short distance from the Round Hill Club, became the colorful scene of the Scottish games held each year by the Round Hill Scottish Games Association. A member of the Campbell clan and proud of his ancestry, he

had invited thirty Scottish friends to a picnic in 1923, but 300 showed up. The next year he combined his picnic with a fundraiser for new uniforms for a bagpipe band and drew even more enthusiasts. The association was then formed to handle the festival, which was soon attracting a crowd of 5,000 to 8,000 to cheer on the pipe and drum bands, highland dancers, mutton-pie eaters, sheep dog trainers and caber tossers.

But at six-foot-three, 250 pounds, Moore himself might have been the most impressive Scot there as he awarded the coveted Charles A. Moore challenge shield to a winning contestant.

ALI SON NICHOLS GRAY

Charles Arthur Moore

Manning, Maxwell and Moore, a metal tool manufacturer, and a resident of Greenwich for fifty-four years.

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The next occupant was Gregg Sherwood, a showgirl with expensive taste. The settlement from her stormy marriage to auto tycoon Horace Dodge enabled her and her handsome new husband, Daniel Moran, to buy the estate in 1967. In Palm Beach, at one of their three other houses, Moran, a former New York City cop, shot and killed an unarmed intruder, a young unemployed busboy wearing a wet bathing suit. The showgirl would end up bankrupt and Moran shooting himself; but they had managed to sell Dunnellen to the flamboyant Jack R. Dick.

A supposed cattle baron with a history of fraud, Dick would be tried for forging invoices from well-known art galleries to ascribe huge values to his art collection and would die of a heart attack while being chauffeured home from the trial.

Next came an Indian gentleman named Ravi Tikkoo, owner of a huge fleet of oil tankers. His beautiful wife became enamored of her bodyguard and left him living alone for four years in the most expensive house in Greenwich.

And in 1983, Harry and Leona Helmsley bought the estate for $11 million. Eventually, the Queen of Mean would be sentenced to

opping Road, off Burying Hill Road, was named after

HENRY J. TOPPING

( 1886-1951 ), son of the president of Republic Steel, who had married the only child of Daniel Grey Reid, president of the American Tin Plate Company.

Known as the Tin Plate King, Reid commissioned William Tubby to build an extraordinary Jacobean mansion on forty acres of backcountry property for his daughter Rhea, who called it Dunnellen Hall after her mother, Ella Dunn. It was

Dan Topping and Sonja Henie

completed in 1918 to the tune of $1 million and by 1927 totaled 208 acres as Rhea added more land to the property.

Dunnellen Hall

Probably the most famous and infamous of Greenwich estates, Dunnellen would bear witness to an unusual amount of trauma over the years.

Rhea and Dan’s sons—Daniel, Henry Jr. and Bob—rode up and down the grand staircase on their motorcycles and threw wild parties. Daniel, who owned the New York Yankees, married six times, counting among his wives Lana Turner, along with Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie. Bob married five times, once to his brother’s ex-wife Arlene Judge.

In 1950 the Toppings sold the estate to Loring Washburn, a respected Greenwich businessman and sailor whose wife loved to entertain lavishly, often giving out party favors from Cartier. These were happy days in Dunnellen.

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four years in prison and fined $7 million for federal income tax invasion. But she still had enough money when she died to leave $12 million to her elderly Maltese named Trouble.

It recently sold for $16.5 million and, as rumor has it, may be turned into a school. »

ALL AROUND OUR TOWN DOWNTOWN Bolling Place Named for Colonel Raynal C. Bolling, the first high-ranking airman to be killed in World War I

Hamilton Avenue Originally named Quarry Road, the only access to the granite quarries begun on the shoreline in 1870. It was probably renamed for the Hamilton family, who lived in the southern-most house.

Lafayette Court Named for General Lafayette, French solider and statesman, to commemorate his visit to Greenwich in 1824. The Reverend Isaac Lewis of the Second Congregational Church greeted him and took him for a walk down Put’s Hill.

Lewis Street Named for the Reverend Dr. Isaac Lewis, esteemed pastor of the Second Congregational Church from 1786 to 1819

Maher Avenue Named for the Maher brothers, prominent local lumber and coal merchants in the late 1800s

Elias Benedict

Mason Street

Named for Dr. Theodore Mason, physician-grandson of the Reverend Lewis, who donated the land through which an extension would be run north to Putnam Avenue in 1880. Originally called First Avenue, it ran from East Elm to Lewis streets at the end of the Civil War.

Wilbur Peck Court

Benedict Place

Bruce Park Drive

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Named for Commodore Elias Cornelius Benedict (1834-1920 ), sailor, financier and philanthropist whose Italian Renaissance villa is still a landmark on Indian Harbor

Named for textile merchant and philanthropist Robert Moffatt Bruce who, 100 years ago, deeded his land and mansion overlooking the Sound to the town for an art, natural science and history museum.

Named for Wilbur Peck, first selectman of Greenwich from 1940 to 1952

RIVERSIDE

Robert Bruce

OLD GREENWICH

from the Indians. The north entrance to Greenwich Cove Park was created in 1905.

The old Quintard Homestead was built around 1725.

Grosset Road

Binney Lane

Named for publisher Alexander Grosset, president of Grosset and Dunlop, who bought a large piece of land in Willowmere and built a mansion called Thrushwood on a cliff overlooking the Sound. The stone entrance pillars still remain on Indian Head Road.

Named for Edwin Binney ( 1866-1934), who coinvented Crayola Crayons.

He and his wife, Alice, first president of the Historical Society of Greenwich and an early proponent of conservation, lived in their waterfront home, Rocklyn, and in 1940 gave thirty-two acres of land for what

Alec Templeton Lane

became Binney Park.

Named for the Welsh-born pianist/composer, a Greenwich resident who, though blind since birth, became a radio and TV celebrity

Quintard Avenue

Hekma Road

Named for Henry F. Quintard of Sound Beach, who once owned the large tract of farmland bought

Named for utilities magnet Jacob Hekma ( 1879-1949), who bought the estate called Semloh Farm in 1929.

Hendrie Avenue Named for Charles Hendrie, a former sea captain, who helped Jeremiah Atwater, Amasa Marks and Luke Lockwood develop Riverside

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John Dayton

Edward Close

Robert Jay Walsh

Dayton Avenue

Close Road

Walsh Avenue

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B E L L E H AV E N

Named for John Dayton, who built the first commercial building on Greenwich Avenue, near the top, around 1860. He owned the shoe store on the first floor. Also a sheriff, he sometimes kept prisoners at his house due to lack of jail cells in town; and his wife, a good cook, fed them well.

Named for Edward Bennett Close who would wed Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1905 and live in a mansion that became Eagle Hill School. With his second wife, he had twins, one of whom fathered the actor Glenn Close.

Named after Robert Jay Walsh, born in 1854, who became an eminent lawyer, judge, ardent Republican (figuring prominently in the Garfield-Arthur campaign of 1880 ) and president of the Greenwich Trust Company

(Semloh is the name of the original owner Edwin T. Holmes spelled backwards.)

It’s now home to the Stanwich Club.

permission to name several other streets in honor of past presidents of the university.

Thus we have Pierson Road, Dwight Lane and Cutler Road.

Lita Drive

John Street Named for shoemaker John Purdy, whose house was located on the site of the Round Hill Club

Sterling Road Named for attorney John William Sterling, who in 1937 bequeathed to his alma mater 1,400 acres between the Byram River and North Castle. Subdivided into smaller estates, it was called Yale Farms. Yale got

Named for restaurateur Nick Manero’s daughter, born in 1951

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MIDCOUNTRY

Davis Avenue

Ashton Drive

Named for Thomas Davis of Oyster Bay who bought the tide mill here in 1761. His son Elisha, a Tory, took over and secretly ground grain for the British fleet in the Sound during the Revolution.

Named for the daughter of our staff photographer Bob Capazzo. At the Women’s Club where Georgine Capazzo worked, beautiful baby Ashton was spotted by board member Pat Giovinco whose husband, a builder, needed a name for a road—fast.

SOUTHERN Putnam Avenue Named for the 260-pound

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Zaccheus Mead

Zaccheus Mead Lane E A S T E R N M I D C O U N T RY Named for Zaccheus Mead, who owned the farmland and homestead on what is now known as Rock Ridge and willed them to his grandson Zaccheus Mead ( 1798-1872 )

American General Israel Putnam, who jumped on his steed and made a mad dash down Great Hill by the Second Congregational Church to escape the Redcoats in 1779

BYRAM Tingue Street Named for William Tingue, founder of the Hawthorne Woolen Mills in Glenville.

Through clever acquisition of properties in the 1880s, including the shorefront part of Jonas Mead’s estate, he was really responsible for creating Byram Shore.

Virtually on Thursday, April 29, 2021

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Angelique Adelina • Sara Allard • Shari Aser • Brooke Bohnsack • Hagar Chemali • Lisette Coviello • Rebecca Davis • Grace Djuranovic Jaime Eisenberg • Laurinda Finnelli • Rhiannon Forlini • Sabrina Forsythe • Asya Geller • Carey Wunsch Giannetti • Jamie Halcom Erika HawleyǦDiPaolo • Clare F. Johnson • Keren Jozwiak • Cassaundra Karnal • Kristen Kelley • Kellie Kerwin • Kristin Knowles Victoria LaMuraǦFinnerty • Olivia Langston • Abbe Large • Leslie Lee • Gina Linhart • Layla Lisiewski • Cricket Lockhart Virginia Lockhart • Jan Marchand • Clarena McBeth • Erin McCall • Karin B. McShane • Maria Musante • Jennifer Platt • Kirsten Riemer Caroline Russo • Laura Sabia • Gina SaleseǦCortese • Rebecca Shenkman • Melani Tsangaroulis • Jen Turano • Liz Van Hell • Diane Viton Olivia Walker • Jill Weiner • Brittni Brown Wulfshon

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calendar DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 259-1598. fairfieldhistory.org FLINN GALLERY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 622-7947. flinngallery.com GERTRUDE G. WHITE GALLERY, YWCA, 259 E. Putnam Ave., 869-6501. ywcagreenwich.org GREENWICH ARTS COUNCIL, 299 Greenwich Ave., 862-6750. greenwich artscouncil.org

View of the Garden by Walter A. Fitch (1861-1910) pastel on paper

Greenwich Historical Society From splendid landscapes created for scions of industry who commissioned Greenwich’s Great Estates to humble backyard vegetable gardens, cultivating land for beauty, pleasure and utility has a vibrant tradition in Greenwich. The fascinating history of gardens in Greenwich and the people who designed, tended and delighted in them will be the focus of the Greenwich Historical Society’s spring exhibition, Greenwich Gardens & Landscapes, Past & Present. The exhibit will run Wednesday, April 28, through Sunday, September 5. A member preview will be held on Tuesday, April 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information visit greenwichhistory.org.

ART & ANTIQUES

CANFIN GALLERY, 39 Main St., Tarrytown, NY, 914-332-4554. canfingallery.com

CAVALIER GALLERIES, 405 Greenwich Ave., 869-3664. cavaliergalleries.com

ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198.

Tues.-Sun. aldrichart.org

CARAMOOR CENTER FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS, Girdle Ridge Rd., Katonah, NY, 914-232-1252.

Caramoor is a destination for exceptional music, captivating programs, spectacular gardens and grounds, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. caramoor.org

CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING, 299 West Ave., Norwalk, 899-7999. contemprints.org

AMY SIMON FINE ART, 1869 Post Rd. East, Westport, 2591500. amysimonfineart.com BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

( for more events visit greenwichmag.com )

CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org

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GREENWICH ART SOCIETY, 299 Greenwich Ave. 2nd flr, 629-1533.

A studio school which offers a visual arts education program for kids and adults. greenwichartsociety.org GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 47 Strickland Rd., 869-6899. greenwichhistory.org KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org KENISE BARNES FINE ART, 1947 Palmer Ave., Larchmont, NY, 914-834-8077. kbfa.com LOCKWOOD-MATHEWS MANSION MUSEUM, 295 West Ave., Norwalk, 838-9799. lockwoodmathewsmansion .com

NEUBERGER MUSEUM OF ART, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase, NY, 914-2516100. neuberger.org PELHAM ART CENTER, 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY, 914-738-2525 ext. 113. pelhamartcenter.org ROWAYTON ARTS CENTER, 145 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, 866-2744. rowaytonarts.org SAMUEL OWEN GALLERY, 382 Greenwich Ave., 325-1924. samuelowen.org SILVERMINE GUILD ARTS CENTER, 1037 Silvermine Rd., New Canaan, 203-966-9700. silvermineart.org SANDRA MORGAN INTERIORS & ART PRIVÉ, 135 East Putnam Ave., 2nd flr., Greenwich, 629-8121. sandramorganinteriors.com STAMFORD ART ASSOCIATION, 39 Franklin St., Stamford, 203-325-1139. stamfordartassociation.org STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org UCONN STAMFORD ART GALLERY, One University Pl., Stamford, 251-8400. artgallery. stamford.uconn.edu WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 226-7070. westportartscenter.org

LOFT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION, 575 Pacific Street., Stamford, 203-247-2027. loftartists.org

YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART, 1080 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-2800. britishart.yale.edu

MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

YALE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, 1111 Chapel St., New Haven, 432-0611. artgallery.yale.edu »

calendar GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE, 6 Main St., East Haddam, 860-873-8668. goodspeed.org GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 6227900. greenwichlibrary.org JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER, 364 Manville Rd., Pleasantville, NY, 914-773-7663. burnsfilmcenter.org

Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) will hold its annual spring luncheon virtually on Wednesday, April 7, at 12:30. It brings together over 700 supporters from Fairfield Country and beyond. The keynote speaker will be Glennon Doyle, New York Times best-selling author and activist, with a special appearance by Deja Foxx, advocate and social media influencer. The Community Impact Award will be presented to Kay Maxwell, past PPSNE board chair, for her longtime commitment to the cause. Cochairing the event are Yvonne Albanese, Katey Goldberg, Donna Moffly, Sheila Mossman, Brice Russian and Carlyle Upson. To register or make a donation online go to ppsne.org/luncheon or contact Laurie Diorio at laurie.diorio@ppsne.org or 203-215-3709.

CONCERTS, FILM & THEATER

CURTAIN CALL, The Sterling Farms Theatre Complex, 1349 Newfield Ave., Stamford, 329-8207. curtaincallinc.com

ARENA AT HARBOR YARD, 600 Main St., Bridgeport, 345-2300. websterbankarena.com

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com

AVON THEATRE FILM CENTER, 272 Bedford St., Stamford, 661-0321. avontheatre.org

FAIRFIELD THEATRE COMPANY, On StageOne, 70 Sanford St., Fairfield, 259-1036. fairfieldtheatre.org

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org CLAY ART CENTER, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, NY, 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org CONNECTICUT CERAMICS STUDY CIRCLE, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. ctcsc.org

LONG WHARF THEATRE, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven, 787-4282. longwharf.com

FAIRFIELD MUSEUM AND HISTORY CENTER, 370 Beach Rd., Fairfield, 2591598. fairfieldhistory.org

RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge, Ridgefield, 438-9269. ridgefieldplayhouse.org

GARDEN EDUCATION CENTER, 130 Bible St., 869-9242. gecgreenwich.org

RIDGEFIELD THEATER BARN, 37 Halpin Ln., Ridgefield, 431-9850. ridgefieldtheaterbarn.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 6227900. greenwichlibrary.org

SHUBERT THEATER, 247 College St., New Haven, 800-228-6622. shubert.com

KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, 26 Bedford Rd., Chappaqua, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org

VIRTUAL EVENTS GREENWICH UNITED WAY, Sole Sisters Luncheon, Thurs. 26. Help support the Greenwich United Way’s work to fund community solutions in the areas of education, self-sufficiency and health. Luncheon guests can pick up lunch that morning at Greenwich Country Club and watch the broadcast from home.

Streaming will begin at 12:30 p.m. CNN Anchor and awardwinning journalist Brooke Baldwin will be the keynote speaker. Guests will receive a copy of her upcoming book Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power. »

STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. stamfordcenterforthearts.org WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. westportplayhouse.org

LECTURES, TOURS & WORKSHOPS ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-0198. aldrichart.org AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org AUX DÉLICES, 231 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540, ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com BOWMAN OBSERVATORY PUBLIC NIGHT, NE of Milbank/East Elm St. rotary on the grounds of Julian Curtiss School, 869-6786, ext. 338 greenwichmag.com

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Caramoor Continuing its commitment to presenting music in a wide range of genres, Caramoor is proud to announce a full slate of virtual programs this spring. Programs include a series of livestreams from the Music Room that the New York Times calls “adventurous and excellent.” Five of the eight concerts will include artist Q&As that will be moderated by Caramoor’s Artistic Director Kathy Schuman and offer the home audience an opportunity to ask questions. For more information visit caramoor.org. »

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calendar KIDS’ STUFF / APRIL 2021 ALDRICH MUSEUM, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, 438-4519. aldrichart.org

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH, 4 Horseneck Lane, 869-3224. bgcg.org

AUDUBON GREENWICH, 613 Riversville Rd., 869-5272. greenwich.audubon.org

BRUCE MUSEUM, 1 Museum Dr., 869-0376. brucemuseum.org

AUX DÉLICES (cooking classes), 23 Acosta St., Stamford, 326-4540 ext. 108. auxdelicesfoods.com

DISCOVERY MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM, 4450 Park Ave., Bridgeport, 372-3521. discoverymuseum.org

BEARDSLEY ZOO, 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport, 394-6565. beardsleyzoo.org

DOWNTOWN CABARET THEATRE, 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport, 576-1636. dtcab.com

EARTHPLACE, 10 Woodside Lane, Westport, 227-7253. earthplace.org

MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 39 Strickland St., 869-6899. hstg.org

NEW CANAAN NATURE CENTER, 144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, 966-9577. newcanaannature.org

GREENWICH LIBRARY, 101 W. Putnam Ave., 6227900. greenwichlibrary.org IMAX THEATER AT MARITIME AQUARIUM, 10 N. Water St., S. Norwalk, 8520700. maritimeaquarium.org KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART, Rte. 22 at Jay St., Katonah, NY, 914-232-9555. katonahmuseum.org

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RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE, 80 East Ridge,Ridgefield, 438-5795. ridgefieldplayhouse.org STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St., Stamford, 325-4466. palacestamford.org

STAMFORD MUSEUM & NATURE CENTER, 39 Scofieldtown Rd., Stamford, 977-6521. stamfordmuseum.org STEPPING STONES MUSEUM FOR CHILDREN, 303 West Ave., Mathews Park, Norwalk, 899-0606. steppingstonesmuseum.org WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, 51 Riverside Ave., Westport, 222-7070. westportartscenter.org WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE, 25 Powers Ct., Westport, 227-4177. westportplayhouse.org G

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Amy Aidinis Hirsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 California Closets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Charles Hilton Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Davenport Contracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Douglas VanderHorn Architects.............................................................................. 25 Garrett Wilson Builders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Gault Family Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Grand Entrance Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Granoff Architects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Hobbs Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 SBP Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover 3 Smallbone Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11 Tischler und Sohn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Citibank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Cummings & Lockwood – Greenwich ������������������������������������������������������������������� 14 First Republic Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Private Staff Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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A-List Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Alzheimer's Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Greenwich Barking Beauty Pageant.................................................................... .104 Epilepsy Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Stamford Tent & Event Services .............................................................................. 59 United Way of Greenwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 YWCA of Greenwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

FASHION

The RealReal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

FOOD, CATERING & LODGING

Marcia Selden Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Winvian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Betteridge Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, Cover 4

LANDSCAPING, NURSERY & FLORISTS

Homefront Farmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Sam Bridge Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Adopt a Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Breast Cancer Alliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Elephany Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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ast January social editor Ali Gray was strolling the Avenue and came across this piece of art installed by the Greenwich Arts Council, encouraging optimism for the new year. It resonates now as much as it did then. Spring always brings with it longer, sunnier days. But this year, putting the dark days of a cold winter behind us carries both literal and figurative meanings. As we begin to enter a post-Covid era, we enter it with gratitude for friends, family and community, strength to carry the lessons that we learned and, yes, hope for easier, gentler days. G

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