But many people in the Stamford area, where he grew up, remember him as the young classical pianist who went into his father's piano service business.

"We will still build in the Stamford area when the opportunities present themselves," said Arthur Collins.

Rents in the restored buildings are based on half the median income, which in the Stamford area is $73,600.

The organization is planning to open a second studio in the greater Stamford area because it hopes to tap high-technology professionals there as readers.

Other programs allow for incomes in the Stamford area of up to about $85,000.

In recent years, however, more students have been coming from the immediate Stamford area.

They had planned to settle in the Stamford area after the wedding, friends and family said.

American Express and Citicorp, for example, took offices in the Stamford area.

The bride's father manages commercial real estate owned by his wife's family in the Stamford area.

He spent the rest of his childhood and teenage years there, attending schools in the Stamford area.