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A Timeline of Sonja Morgan’s Many, Many Attempts to Sell Her New York City Townhouse

Dwell

Back in November at BravoCon, the ultimate fan conference for all things Bravo reality television, former Real Housewives of New York City star Sonja Morgan shared an update on a piece of property that has become famous in its own right: her longtime Upper East Side townhouse. The newlyweds paid $9.1 She lists the home for $8.25 million.

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Introducing the Meta City

Brandon Donnelly

During the pandemic, there was a lot of erroneous talk about the death of cities. The Meta City combines physical and virtual agglomeration, in seeming defiance of the laws of physics, making it possible to occupy more than one space at the same time. Cities have always responded to and been a product of new mobility technologies.

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Developer holds Baltimore City hostage - can he be forced to develop?

Community Architect Daily

A lot that sits in the downtown of a major city in a strategic position? There is nobody in this City, not at the Mayor's office, not in the Baltimore Development Agency, not in Planning, Housing or the Downtown Partnership who can pick up the phone and force Howard Brown to move off his tush. Neither the City nor the developer budged.

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Social housing means "I can breathe again" say residents

Deezen

Photo by Jim Stephenson However, in recent years, following a series of reforms to financing and borrowing rules plus targeted funding from London mayor Sadiq Khan, councils in the UK capital have launched a mini-renaissance in house-building. In 2022/2023, they started a combined 11,000 homes.

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Before & After: In Austin, a New Life Out West Starts With a First Remodel for $176K

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"When I first started my career, I was in the military for a while and was deployed several times, and that was for sure exhausting," recalls Amber Schleuning, who’s reminiscing about what surprised her the most about remodeling her own home in an eight-month stint starting in 2019. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

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Before & After: In Austin, a New Life Out West Starts With a First Remodel for $176K

Dwell

"When I first started my career, I was in the military for a while and was deployed several times, and that was for sure exhausting," recalls Amber Schleuning, who’s reminiscing about what surprised her the most about remodeling her own home in an eight-month stint starting in 2019. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.

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Foster + Partners designs "largest all-electric tower" for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan

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The skyscraper for the finance company at 270 Park Avenue will be "New York City's largest all-electric tower with net-zero operational emissions", according to Foster + Partners. "[It] Read: Seven super-skinny skyscrapers changing New York City's skyline. The tower is part of New York City's Midtown East rezoning plan.

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