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                                   Exhibit 24
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                               Powers of Attorney
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Town and Country Trust
(the "Trust"), a Maryland real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the Trust's fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, hereby
constitutes and appoints HARVEY SCHULWEIS and JAMES H. BERICK, and each of them,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to
sign for the undersigned and in my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said
Trust, said Annual Report and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and
any and all applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all intents
and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby approving
the acts of said attorney, and any such substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January,
2002.

                                                  /s/ Alfred Lerner
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                                                  Alfred Lerner
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned Trustee of The Town and Country Trust (the "Trust"), a Maryland
real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Trust's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, hereby constitutes and appoints ALFRED
LERNER, HARVEY SCHULWEIS and JAMES H. BERICK, and each of them, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the
undersigned and in my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said Trust, said
Annual Report and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Annual Report, with full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or
advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all intents and purposes
as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby approving the acts of
said attorney, and any such substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of February,
2002.

                                                  /s/ H. Grant Hathaway
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                                                  H. Grant Hathaway
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned Trustee of The Town and Country Trust (the "Trust"), a Maryland
real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Trust's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, hereby constitutes and appoints ALFRED
LERNER and HARVEY SCHULWEIS, and each of them, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said Trust, said Annual Report and any
and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
such Annual Report, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all
acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in the
premises, as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do
if personally present, hereby approving the acts of said attorney, and any such
substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of January,
2002.

                                                  /s/ James H. Berick
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                                                  James H. Berick
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
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The undersigned Trustee of The Town and Country Trust (the "Trust"), a Maryland
real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Trust's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, hereby constitutes and appoints ALFRED
LERNER, HARVEY SCHULWEIS and JAMES H. BERICK, and each of them, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the
undersigned and in my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said Trust, said
Annual Report and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Annual Report, with full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or
advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all intents and purposes
as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby approving the acts of
said attorney, and any such substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of February,
2002.

                                                  /s/ Milton A. Wolf
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                                                  Milton A. Wolf