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To: MoneyPenny who wrote (181016)	2/1/2009 10:40:52 AM
From: John Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

"reports lots of big homes just coming on the market. " Reminder: those are not "BIG HOMES". Need someone with more language power to describe. Museum is the one I preferred. Palace is the next. It deserves documentary file maker(s) to preserve this history.

To: MoneyPenny who wrote (181016)	2/1/2009 10:55:54 AM
From: Poet	Respond to of 306849

Hi MP, I like Old Greenwich a bit more than some of the other parts of Greenwich. And you're right-- there's a sameness to a lot of the more recently-built huge houses. I think I've mentioned this before, but my husband's a shipwright specializing in restoration work and joinery (ship furniture) on yachts. He also does high-end cabinetry (and he's finishing up the cabinets in our kitchen as I write this...the sawdust is all over my office)and is horrified by a lot of the low-cost, shoddy finishwork in a lot of those so-called mansions. Molded plastic crown molding, prefinished laminate flooring, etc. Interesting that these homes are just now beginning to come on the market. It makes sense-- many of the people in the financial industry have had enough of a cushion to wait things out until the "selling season" for NE real estate-- the spring. Enjoy your visit with your sister. I'm going to visit mine in Chicago in a couple of weeks.