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NY Times: Midwood is Where Prosperity Breeds Proximity
| Posted on: December 9, 2009 |
The New York Times’ Vivian Toy did an excellent write-up on Midwood in Community District 14 in the paper’s Real Estate section:
WHERE PROSPERITY BREEDS PROXIMITY
by Vivian ToyMANY blocks in Midwood, with its rows of orderly detached homes and private driveways, give the feeling of a carefully planned suburb — a serene surprise after turning off a thoroughfare like Coney Island Avenue or Ocean Parkway.
But closer inspection reveals that the landscape has, in fact, been altered: on virtually every block, at least one or two homes have been significantly expanded — built up, built out, even built down.
Read the rest here.
Topics: Midwood