Rock Ridge* sale

25 Zaccheus Mead Lane, sold at a fire-sale discount from its $9 million asking price for $8.9 million. Built in 1905, this is what the typical Greenwich house is “supposed” to look like for many buyers, and I won’t disagree with them, although, to my eye, the charm is found mostly in its front, while the rear falls short of the callipygian ideal.

But that’s a quibble. The late owner’s obituary, by the way, is here: he was an impressive man.

*No, not that one