Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya’s former home listed for $2.3 million

Brook House, the 19th century home in the Rockland County hamlet of New City that once belonged to legendary composer Kurt Weill and singer-actress Lotte Lenya, is on the market for $2,295,000 with Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty. Built in 1880, Brook House is a five-bedroom, four-bath estate covering more than 4,600 square feet on 5.5 acres atContinue reading “Kurt Weill & Lotte Lenya’s former home listed for $2.3 million”

Peace at last for revered war photographer

[This article originally appeared in The Recorder] By Robert Brum A short walk uphill behind the Amawalk Friends Meeting House in Yorktown Heights leads to the final resting place of one of the world’s greatest combat photographers. Robert Capa, known for his iconic images of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, including theContinue reading “Peace at last for revered war photographer”