Music, Art and Garden Events at High School

1) Newsbit of the Day: There's a spring concert and art show at the high school tonight at 7 in the auditorium. The music director said there will be performances by the concert band, percussion ensemble, chorus and North Shore Voices. Art is hanging in the foyer, just outsde the auditorium. Earlier, at 5 the school will host its STEM/garden fundraiser. People interested in attending the Outdoor Classroom Commencement should email Joseph Bennett with the amount of people in their party. Contact Read more [...]

Just Listed: Homes for Sale in Del Ray

Here’s a sampling of homes that have just been listed for sale in the past week in Del Ray and the surrounding Alexandria neighborhoods. If you’re having an open house this weekend or have just listed a home for sale, and would like to add a photo to the gallery, you can click on the upload button at right to do so. You’re also welcome to add text information to the comments section below. Happy house hunting! 100 W. Howell Ave. $939,000 4 bedrooms, 3 baths 2508 Terrett Ave. $899,000 3 bedrooms, Read more [...]

Listed buildings could make £5m

A HISTORIC hall, listed barracks, derelict toilets and a day centre are all among Derby City Council-owned properties and land that may be sold by April 2016. The authority has drawn up a list of 58 properties for "disposal" with the aim of generating £5 million in sales receipts and saving nearly £3 million a year on maintenance. ​ Buildings on the for-sale list include, clockwise from top, Allestree Hall; the stables Read more [...]

African Developers Listed in Ericsson Application Awards

Emma Okonji Ericsson has announced the semi-finalists for the annual Ericsson Application Awards with TeamKenya from Kenya , Team Trokxi and Team Nimdee Mobile from Ghana among the semi-finalists. The 2013 Ericsson "Apps for City Life" Application Awards is a global contest that aims to promote innovations towards the Networked Society by connecting people, things and places to empower individuals and society. TeamKenya and Trokxi were nominated in the student category and Nimdee mobile Read more [...]

The ‘Great Embassy Exit’ returns London to its residents

The 'Great Embassy Exit' returns London to its residents* International embassies are moving further afield, leaving their former neo-classical 'palaces' to be remodelled into luxury apartment schemes and family homes in Marylebone and Mayfair.* Many embassies, including the US and Netherlands, are moving to Nine Elms at Vauxhall. Thousands of new apartments will be built around the new bases, including 2,000 new apartments at Embassy Gardens in Nine Elms.* Missions that will be sold include the Read more [...]

Tony Owen’s Moebius House, Dover Heights listed for sale

Moebius House, the Sydney eastern suburbs coastal home, has been listed for sale.  Its owner-architect, Tony Owen practices liquid architecture design - projects parametrically designed using 3D software. The Dover Heights home's name derives from the geometrical term, Moebius Strip, a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. With views of the CBD, Opera House, Bridge and Sydney Harbour, the curvaceous passive solar design has been recognised as setting a benchmark in Read more [...]

Tony Owen’s Moebius House, Dover Heights listed for sale – Property Observer

Moebius House, the Sydney eastern suburbs coastal home, has been listed for sale.  Its owner-architect, Tony Owen practices liquid architecture design - projects parametrically designed using 3D software. The Dover Heights home's name derives from the geometrical term, Moebius Strip, a surface with only one side and only one boundary component. With views of the CBD, Opera House, Bridge and Sydney Harbour, the curvaceous passive solar design has been recognised as setting a benchmark in Read more [...]

Holgate Residents’ Home Listed in Proposed Wetlands Sale

Patricia Wendler of Burlington was surprised to find the property of the Holgate home she shares with her husband, John, listed on multiple real estate websites as vacant land and part of a 24-acre wetlands tract currently listed for sale. The real estate advertisement drew attention because it involves bayfront that is designated unbuildable under the New Jersey Wetlands Protection Act. The owners have recently advertised it as buildable, after a substantial portion of the tract was covered in sand Read more [...]

Yours for £50000: Grade II-listed church which can be turned into a home

St Paul’s Church in Staverton, Wilts, closed after parishioner numbers fellThe 13th century building is now being sold by the Diocese of SalisburyBut the buyer will not own the graveyard which remains open to mourners By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 16:13 GMT, 8 May 2013 | UPDATED: 01:02 GMT, 9 May 2013 With an 18ft-high ceiling, stained-glass windows, whitewashed internal walls and an estimated price of only £50,000, it looks like a property developer’s dream.But being surrounded Read more [...]