Monthly Archives: May 2013

Oxford’s Shaw House pushed as national landmark

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7-->OXFORD — The Oxford Historic Preservation Commission wants the 165-year-old antebellum Shaw House registered as a national landmark so someone will buy and restore it.The home was built in 1848 by Oxford brick maker Dave Kennedy and has been in the Shaw family since 1929. It’s located on 5.8 acres of land and is 6,386 square feet in size with seven bedrooms. It’s currently on the market listed at $3.3 million.Preservation commission members tell the Oxford Read more [...]

The $190 million fixer upper: Greenwich mansion listed with a record-setting …

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By Jessica Montoya Coggins PUBLISHED: 06:04 GMT, 18 May 2013 | UPDATED: 06:04 GMT, 18 May 2013 It's a home even Jay Gatsby might find ostentatious. The Copper Beech Farm in Greenwich, Connecticut is being listed by a real estate firm for 190 million, a new record for home prices in the United States according to the Wall Street Journal. The waterfront property spans over fifty acres and contains 12-bedrooms plus two islands off the shore - but buyer beware, renovations are necessary. Read more [...]

Sydney’s Great Gatsby-style homes have the Hollywood price tags to match

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101 Victoria Rd, Bellevue Hill. Source: Supplied WITH grand proportions and plenty of Great Gatsby-era charm, Sydney has a number of 1920s and 1930s glamour homes on the market, featuring even more glamorous Hollywood price tags. These mansions are rare remnants of a pre-World War II Sydney property boom when both money, and space, was no object.In a time when Read more [...]

WEEKEND: Public invited to Esprit’s final two evening events

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PORT ANGELES –– The Pacific Northwest's largest transgender convention reaches its peak this weekend, as Esprit invites the public to its talent show tonight and the grand gala Saturday night. “We come here, and it feels like coming home,” said Suzanne Adams, president of the Esprit conference's organizing board and the Emerald City Social Club, a transgender organization in Seattle.“We've been here so long, we've watched this hotel grow up with us. We picked Port Angeles because it was Read more [...]

Church battles to save listed wall

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A CHURCH in Grimsby is facing a tough battle with the council over a humble lime tree. St Mary's On The Sea Catholic Church, in Heneage Road, has clashed with North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) over the tree, which it claims is causing a Grade II-listed wall to collapse onto neighbouring property. ​ Father Joe Wheat next to the wall in question at St Marys On The Sea Roman Catholic Church, in Heneage Road, Grimsby Father Read more [...]

Can This House Sell for $190 Million?

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The property includes a a 75-foot-long heated pool with a hot tub and a pool house. Called Copper Beech Farm after the large copper beech trees on the property, the Greenwich estate once belonged to the Lauder Greenway family—Harriet Lauder Greenway's father helped Andrew Carnegie start what would become U.S. Steel—and dates back to the 1890s, according to the property's listing agent, David Ogilvy, of David Ogilvy Associates, an exclusive affiliate of Christie's International Read more [...]

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Frank Lloyd Wright Homes

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By JOANN S. LUBLIN Sharon and Lawrence Tarantino love the Frank Lloyd Wright house they bought in Millstone, N.J., for $400,000 in 1988. They just wish the residence they call "a work of art" weren't so prone to flooding. The Price Is Wright View Slideshow Scott Mayoral Pasadena, Calif.: This 4,230-square-foot house, erected in 1923 for $17,000, features walls of concrete blocks, many with a Read more [...]

"From Up on Poppy Hill" Home Video Release Listed

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Amazon is now listing a September 3rd Blu-ray and DVD release for From Up on Poppy Hill, the 2011 Studio Ghibli nostalgic shoujo manga adaptation, directed by Goro Miyazaki and co-written by his father Hayao.   The DVD is marked for $29.95, while the Blu-ray is listed at $34.95.   Poppy Hill was first first-run Ghibli movie to hit North America from GKids and marks a departure from Disney's relationship with the studio. Cinedigm will be distributing the home video releases.   via @wtk    ------Scott Read more [...]

Sheriff’s Sale Friday, 7 Haverford Homes Listed

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About 125 properties are on the list for Friday's Delaware County sheriff's sale. Some are new for Friday's sale and others are continued from previous months. There are seven properties listed for sale in Haverford Township, according to the county's website: 739 Beechwood Road 115 Farwood Road 400 Glendale Road, Unit 44K 22 Llandillo Road 2104 Oakmont Avenue 123 South Eagle Road 715 Naylors Run Road Sales start at 11 a.m. in the County Council Meeting Room on the first floor of the Read more [...]

Preakness Infield 2013: Performers List, Daily Activities and InfieldFest Events

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After years of being known as one of the wildest events in all of sports, the 2013 Preakness Stakes infield festival at Pimlico Race Course has been transformed from a drunken frat party to a respectable concert festival.With the track having made an effort to put on a great show and keep the bystanders safe by outlawing the bring-your-own-beer philosophy in 2009, InfieldFest and the surrounding events throughout Preakness weekend makes this one of the best experiences in any sport. Matthew Read more [...]