Archive for July, 2006
National Perspectives: Betting the Ranch in Southwest Florida
A group led by Syd Kitson, a former professional football player from New Providence, N.J., plans to build 19,500 homes on a 91,000-acre Florida ranch.
Original post by FRED A. BERNSTEIN
Habitats | Park Slope: Finding a Co-op Where Owners Cooperate
A Baltimore transplant finds a Park Slope co-op defined by — surprise! — cooperation.
Original post by CELIA BARBOUR
The Hunt: Crossing Over, in Search of Space
A family’s quest for space led them out of Flushing, Queens, and into the suburbs, saving them $11,000 a year in school tuition.
Original post by JOYCE COHEN
Streetscapes | Lexington Avenue: ‘Temporary’ but Still Standing
A walk up Lexington provides an urban design museum of supposedly temporary architecture.
Original post by CHRISTOPHER GRAY
No Buyers Here? Try the Riviera
With sales of luxury homes slowing around the country, real estate agents in the United States are traveling the world for buyers.
Original post by KEVIN BRASS, International Herald Tribune
In The Region | New Jersey: For Rent: The Hottest Form of Housing
Antisprawl laws have curtailed recent efforts to find a place to subdivide in densely developed northern New Jersey.
Original post by ANTOINETTE MARTIN