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Obituaries
Project Architect From West Harrison Dies Of COVID Pneumonia At Age 49 Project Architect From West Harrison Dies Of COVID Pneumonia At Age 49
Project Architect From West Harrison Dies Of COVID Pneumonia At Age 49 A project architect from Westchester County has died at the age of 49. Anthony Di Guglielmo died suddenly on Friday, Jan. 7, of "Covid Pneumonia" at White Plains Hospital, according to his obituary. He was born in the Bronx and later moved to West Harrison, graduating from Harrison High School. "Anthony enjoyed design and architecture from adolescence and pursued his passion in architecture at NYIT," his obituary reads. "He loved being a project architect. One could always find Anthony with house blueprints laid out, on AutoCAD and with a pencil in his pocket." He is survived by his paren…

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by Nicole Valinote
Real Estate
20-Acre Estate Overlooking Hudson River Hits Market 20-Acre Estate Overlooking Hudson River Hits Market
20-Acre Estate Overlooking Hudson River Hits Market Those looking to escape the hustle and bustle of city life might be interested in a 12,980-square-foot home for sale in the Hudson Valley for a mere $5.55 million. The home, which sits along the Hudson River in the town of West Park in Ulster County, is famous for its design by Long Island-based architect Norman Jaffe. Surrounded by 20 acres of land, the estate which refers to classic Greek architecture, has six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, two partial bathrooms, and an indoor pool. The living and kitchen areas are located upstairs with the bedrooms located on the lower floor. The living ro…

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
You've Probably Never Seen The NYC Skyline Like This Before You've Probably Never Seen The NYC Skyline Like This Before
You've Probably Never Seen The NYC Skyline Like This Before There's been a lot of buzz about Hudson Yards, the recently opened residential/retail complex in lower Manhattan featuring the distinctive, interactive public art space known as "Vessel," as it has been temporarily dubbed.  But there's been relatively little talk about how the development, a cluster of towers centered on 10th Avenue and W. 30th St., looks from the Jersey side of the Hudson, the vantage that offers the best view of Manhattan's western edge.  Turns out, that view is kinda freaky, as Jersey City resident Jon Matthias recently discovered.  He took advantage of a…

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by Paul Milo
Real Estate
Westchester Mansion On 86 Acres With Own Lake To Be Sold At Auction Westchester Mansion On 86 Acres With Own Lake To Be Sold At Auction
Westchester Mansion On 86 Acres With Own Lake To Be Sold At Auction A multi-million dollar mansion that was built for former Vision Financial Corporation CEO Stewart Dauman in Northern Westchester 15 years ago will be put up for bankruptcy auction. The 20,465-square-foot Rosewood estate in Chappaqua - which was featured in a Wall Street Journal article with the title “A Timeless New York Mansion” - has been listed on Zillow for more than a month at $13,750,000, though it has an estimated value of $11,634,633 according to the organization. Zillow posted that there will be a court-authorized bankruptcy auction held on-site at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 18 after…

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by Zak Failla
Real Estate
Sale Of This $33M Estate Priciest In Westchester In 2018 Sale Of This $33M Estate Priciest In Westchester In 2018
Sale Of This $33M Estate Priciest In Westchester In 2018 The late David Rockefeller’s 75-acre Pocantico Hills estate in Mount Pleasant was the priciest residential sale north of New York City in 2018, according to a brand-new report. Rockefeller’s 11,000-square-foot home in Westchester County sold for $33 million in March last year, after it was listed for $22 million in the fall of 2017. According to PropertyShark, which released the report, eight of the 10 properties that made the list (of most expensive traded) are in Westchester, with the remaining two in Dutchess. They considered every county north of New York City, including Westchester…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
New $26M Marist Facility Opening Scheduled New $26M Marist Facility Opening Scheduled
New $26M Marist Facility Opening Scheduled Marist College plans to complete a $26 million expansion project at its Steel Plant Studio across Route 9 from its main campus in Poughkeepsie by the fall, according to this report.  Major renovations began last summer at the private college of 6,600 students. The completed building will house Marist’s fashion and arts and digital media programs including gallery spaces. The project will triple existing 12,000-square-feet studio and learning space with the new, two-story, 36,000-square-foot addition.  The design incorporates brick, steel, polished concrete, terrazzo, corrugated metal, til…

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by Daily Voice
Real Estate
Historic Hudson Valley Home Listed At Under $900K Historic Hudson Valley Home Listed At Under $900K
Historic Hudson Valley Home Listed At Under $900K Mid-century modern fans on the market for a home, will want to run not walk to Poughkeepsie to feast their eyes on the Marcel Breuer's McComb House.  The rare find, built in the 1950s, is listed at $895,00, and features an authentic mid-century design with many classic touches an open layout with large windows, a fireplace that separates the living room from a library, according to Zillow. The kitchen offers modern appliances along with design and function. The dining room opens onto a large screened in, two-story sunroom, and all four bedrooms follow the mid-century model with lots of wind…

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by Kathy Reakes