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To the Editor:
If someone is going to spend $485,000 for a 727 square foot apartment, I can almost forgive the pink horse’s mane in last month’s sales video. Almost.
The marketing campaign for “The Hudson” has drawn a few chuckles and some derision: the newest YouTube effort drew a quick retort: “Oh what a bunch of BS” which is a bit mean. (SEE VIDEO HERE.) I do kinda miss the old hardware store, but if we are being honest Buchanan Hardware was (and is) better. So we didn’t lose much by tearing our hardware store down. I’m open to progress.
The Croton lifestyle pitched by Julia B Fee Sotheby’s is certainly different from how many of us go about our daily lives, and makes me feel guilty for not exercising. That jogger’s joy after sipping from her silver water bottle — I’ve had good Bourbon that hasn’t made me that happy.
About the only resident not exercising or dining in the video is our Village Historian, rocking a debonair noir on his MacBook Air as he chronicles for posterity.
On a serious note though, I do think we should consider the alternatives before we slam Julia B Fee. Although they are a bit snooty, the theme of the campaign is to appeal to the natural beauty of the village. It is on the opposite pole of the Maple Commons developers who focused on a dumpster shed at one end and a concrete park at the other end. I also appreciate that the Julia B Fee folks pitch dining at village restaurants: with the collapse of retail, restaurants are essential to maintain the character of Croton public space. And not to be crass, but when people with money move to Croton they become taxpayers with money.
Now if you will excuse me, I have to put out oats for my horses. Well, except for Rusty who will only eat Beef-a-Reeno.
—Paul Steinberg, Croton-on-Hudson
(EDITOR'S NOTE: AND SPEAKING OF HORSES......GO TO https://youtu.be/Y2TMsozaPXo)
To the Editor:
If someone is going to spend $485,000 for a 727 square foot apartment, I can almost forgive the pink horse’s mane in last month’s sales video. Almost.
The marketing campaign for “The Hudson” has drawn a few chuckles and some derision: the newest YouTube effort drew a quick retort: “Oh what a bunch of BS” which is a bit mean. (SEE VIDEO HERE.) I do kinda miss the old hardware store, but if we are being honest Buchanan Hardware was (and is) better. So we didn’t lose much by tearing our hardware store down. I’m open to progress.
The Croton lifestyle pitched by Julia B Fee Sotheby’s is certainly different from how many of us go about our daily lives, and makes me feel guilty for not exercising. That jogger’s joy after sipping from her silver water bottle — I’ve had good Bourbon that hasn’t made me that happy.
About the only resident not exercising or dining in the video is our Village Historian, rocking a debonair noir on his MacBook Air as he chronicles for posterity.
On a serious note though, I do think we should consider the alternatives before we slam Julia B Fee. Although they are a bit snooty, the theme of the campaign is to appeal to the natural beauty of the village. It is on the opposite pole of the Maple Commons developers who focused on a dumpster shed at one end and a concrete park at the other end. I also appreciate that the Julia B Fee folks pitch dining at village restaurants: with the collapse of retail, restaurants are essential to maintain the character of Croton public space. And not to be crass, but when people with money move to Croton they become taxpayers with money.
Now if you will excuse me, I have to put out oats for my horses. Well, except for Rusty who will only eat Beef-a-Reeno.
—Paul Steinberg, Croton-on-Hudson
Steinberg’s best line, because it sums up reality: “And not to be crass, but when people with money move to Croton they become taxpayers with money.”
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