Monthly Archives: July 2013

Four office blocks in London listed by English Heritage

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And yet, I don't suppose that a century or two ago many agricultural labourers' cottages would have been regarded as anything other than ghastly hovels by the fearfully discerning metropolitan types of their day.Today they are often highly prized homes, priced way beyond the means of most modern country dwellers.I think it's just as likely that within a couple of generations, flats within some of our grimmest tower blocks now could be similarly transformed into the exclusive preserve of the very Read more [...]

Boone’s Best Western, where 3 died, is up for sale

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The Best Western hotel in Boone, where three guests died this spring from carbon monoxide, is for sale, along with four other hotels run by the same management, according to a hotel brokerage firm’s website. Hotel Assets Group LLC listed the hotels for sale about six weeks ago, said Michael Bernath, a partner at the brokerage firm. He declined to comment further on the hotels in Boone, a mountain town about 100 miles northwest of Charlotte. Officials have concluded a pool Read more [...]

Belle Harbor, Queens: The Good, the Bad and the Beach

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But the serenity was moderated somewhat by the buzz of rebuilding that persists in Belle Harbor, which was hard hit by Hurricane Sandy last year. Nearly nine months after the storm, crews were hammering away at houses, landscapers were coaxing gardens back to life and Dumpsters remained parked on streets for material still being cleared from homes. Beachfront properties were destroyed and houses flooded, either to basement level or higher, residents said. Homes on Beach 130th Street were Read more [...]

Learn how to attract wildlife to your yard: a roundup of home and garden events

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Garden event of the week: Writer Charlotte Seidenberg, author of "The New Orleans Garden: Gardening in the Gulf South" and "The Wildlife Garden: Planning Backyard Habitats," will lead a presentation July 20 on ways to attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife to your landscape. When: 10:30 a.m. at Longue Vue House and Gardens, 7 Bamboo Road. Admission: $3 for Longue Vue members; $8 for non-members. More information: contact Hilairie Schackai, 504.293.4726. Other upcoming events: Growing Read more [...]

Listed: Eleven NHS Hospital Trusts Placed In Special Measures

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Here is a summary of the reviews conducted into 14 hospital trusts which were investigated for having higher than expected death rates. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said 11 of the 14 hospitals would immediately be placed into special measures. They are: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The review found a culture of focusing on financial targets over quality of care. It also found "an absence Read more [...]

July 16: Where the Candidates Are Today

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The current mayoral race provides a fitting occasion to read “Native Speaker,” Chang-rae Lee’s 1995 novel of ethnicity and city politics. In it readers meet Henry Park, a son of Korean immigrants who uneasily assimilates into New York life. As a private intelligence operative, Park infiltrates the team of a popular Korean-American city councilman with bigger ambitions and a bitter grip on American culture. The Big City Book Club will convene online to discuss the novel on Tuesday, Aug. Read more [...]

Belgian Bill could go abroad in search of Listed success

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Belgian Bill: Could go abroad Belgian Bill could go abroad in search of Listed success to help promote him as a prospective stallion.The Royal Hunt Cup winner cut no ice in the Bunbury Cup over seven furlongs at Newmarket on Saturday and trainer George Baker will step the five-year-old back up to a mile. "It didn't work out for him at Newmarket and we won't run him over seven again," the Manton trainer told At The Races. "He'll go back to a mile, he's rated over Read more [...]

More than pretty kitchens: $100 million houses hit the market

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Real estate 6 hours ago Forget million-dollar listings. The next smash hit real estate TV show could well be "$100 Million Listing."Brokers and real estate analysts say there are now more than a dozen homes in the U.S. listed or quietly on the market for $100 million or more.That's believed to top the number of $100 million-plus listings during the peak of the housing boom in 2007."It's the most that I've ever seen," said Jonathan Miller, president and CEO of Miller Read more [...]