Boroughs & Burbs #74 || The Silk Stocking Neighborhood: The Upper East Side of New York City
By John Engel
Boroughs & Burbs
The “Silk Stocking Neighborhood” The Upper East Side, the Most Affluent Neighborhood in New York City. We ask 2 experts on the UES.
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Featuring:
Neil Laurine
EVP, Managing Director of Sales, East Side
Brown Harris Stevens
Alfred Renna
Senior Managing Director
East Side
Douglas Elliman
John Engel – John Engel can be found at http://www.JohnEngel.com. He is a consistently top-producing agent in Fairfield County, Connecticut. John recently won the Realtor of the Year Award in New Canaan where he is has recently been Chairman of the Town Council and is currently a member of the Planning & Zoning Commission. John also brings an insight into internet-based marketing that is unsurpassed. Before going into real estate he was the founder of two successful internet businesses, Paper.com and e-Media for which he won the prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award. John spent his earliest years in Stuyvesant Town in lower Manhattan and went to New Canaan High School before attending Davidson College in North Carolina. After graduating, he served as an officer in the U.S. Army and spent some time leading a military intelligence platoon on the front lines of the first Gulf War. He currently lives in New Canaan with his wife Melissa and four children. In addition to hosting this podcast on the market each week, John Engel produces an easy-to-understand and in-depth monthly market analysis called the Market Report for the 16 towns of lower Fairfield County.
Roberto Cabrera – Roberto can be found at http://www.RobertoCabrera.com. With 24 years of experience, I have been recognized throughout the industry for achieving outstanding results: Ranked nationally by REAL Trends as one of “America’s Best Real Estate Agents” for avg. sales price of $4.350M. Sold a single family Townhouse faster than any other on the Upper West Side over $10M. I live with my wife and daughter on the Upper West Side, the neighborhood I have called home for the past 23 years. I was originally born in Richmond, Virginia and grew up in Maryland, just one mile south of the Mason Dixon line. After graduating with a degree in Mathematical Economics from Hampden-Sydney College, the 10th oldest school in the country, I spent 5 years in Washington, DC working as a financial consultant. I also studied at The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and I’m a former actor who once moonlighted as a stand-up comedian. Many years ago, I authored APPLE PIE – The Real Ingredients for Buying and Selling Your Slice.
Boroughs & Burbs Past Episodes:
B&B 1: Heym, Kliegerman, Stevenson, Karp, Hobbs
B&B 2: Louise Phillips Forbes and Scott Hobbs
B&B 3: Ari Harkov and Eileen Hanford
B&B 4: On the New York Recovery – Greg Heym
B&B 5: The Hamptons and Greenwich – Rob Johnson, Tim O’Connor
B&B 6: Focus on Great Designers -John Barman, Denise Davies, John Douglas Eason, Anjali Pollack
B&B 7: Focus on Palm Beach – featuring Whitney McGurk
B&B 8: Manhattan and Darien – Mike Lubin, Amanda Spatola
B&B 9: Disruption Dislocation and Details- John Allen, Phil Horigan
B&B 10: Evolving Tastes with Christopher Peacock
B&B 11: High Style John Barman & Richard Grossman
B&B 12: I’ll Take Manhattan -Lisa Lippman & Curtis Jackson
B&B 13: State of the Market -Greg Heym & Eugene Cordano
B&B 14: New Development – Steve Kliegerman & Arnold Karp
B&B 15: The Creative Show – Whitney Kraus & Christina Roughan
B&B 16: Miami and Los Angeles – Techrin Hijazi & Gary Gold
