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Where Rivers Meet, Ahh-Inspiring Views
Living in: Croton on Hudson, N.Y. Two Rivers and Views to Inspire Ahhs
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NATURAL BEAUTIES Croton-on-Hudson has an abundance of parkland, much of it along the waterfront, like Silver Lake Park, which abuts the Croton River. The Westchester village also borders the Hudson River.
SUZANNE DECHILLO / THE NEW YORK TIMES
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
Living In
By ELSA BRENNER
ITS seven miles of waterfront afford striking views of storms barreling across the widest portion of the Hudson River — which is what makes Croton-on-Hudson the closest thing Silvana Cappabianca has found to her childhood home on the Adriatic Sea. For her husband, Claudio, the river at moonrise stirs memories of his first home in Naples, on the Mediterranean.
“Sometimes, it’s the sun setting and turning the clouds a reddish purple that takes our breath away,” said Mr. Cappabianca, a retired banker who has lived with his wife, a high school teacher, at Half Moon Bay condominiums along the river for more than 13 years. When they moved from Nassau County, they paid about $350,000 for their three-bedroom three-bathroom duplex home.
“Other times it’s the silvery colors of the moon reflected on the water,” Mr. Cappabianca said. “But most of all, after a storm has passed and the hill contours can be seen again, the clear definition of the views of countryside is sharper than anything you could see, even on HDTV.”
The five-square-mile village is about 35 miles north of Midtown Manhattan, at the confluence of the Croton and Hudson Rivers, which form its southern and western boundaries. Directly to the north lies a section of the town of Cortlandt, of which the village is a part.
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