The Other Harmon By Carl Oechsner Edited by Gretchen Bock Clifford B. Harmon is well-known to Crotonites as the famous aviator and real estate developer who created what he modestly advertised as "HARMON, the New City on the Hudson -- the most important and extensive suburban development in the history of New York." But how many of us have heard about his older brother and partner, William E. Harm…

Chicago, and to Boston, Brooklyn, Midwood, Flatbush and Staten Island. In the years just after 1900, the company spent more than $4 million for building sites in Brooklyn that were sold on small partial payments. When Brooklyn became part of New York City and Model T Fords started crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, William had jumped at the opportunity. Together with the explosion in population in Broo…