There's still real estate activity in town

Case in point, 175 Riverside Avenue, $1.749 million, which just went to contract after just 27 days on the market.

Built in 1965 as part of a 4-lot subdivision of the Meeker property, this was one of the original eponymous “Murphy Houses”, a title bestowed on all that builder’s homes because they were built cheaply, on slabs, and built quickly. On the other hand, I remember a sign advertising these homes back then, pricing them, at — and Cobra, Gideon, Anthony, correct me on this — $29,000; even then that was cheap.

Much has been done to improve this house since then, of course, so I’m not trashing the house but merely recounting its brief history as an example of how Riverside developed, literally, over the years.