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Los Angeles Has Officially Legalized Street Food for the First Time Ever

April 23, 2018

There are still some framework discussions that need to take place A pushcart vendor in Echo Park In a landmark decision made just an hour ago, the Los Angeles City Council has officially approved the legalization of street food within city limits. The vote passed at 11-4 in front of a crowd of hundreds, though even advocates of street food are quick to remind everyone that work remains to be done. Essentially today’s City ...

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Down on French Wine? Give These Five Lesser-Known Regions a Taste

April 22, 2018

From Saumur to Saint-Joseph, there are affordable, top-tier wines to be found if you know where to look.   Photographer: robertharding/Digital Vision You love Burgundy, but oh, those prices. You can’t drink Champagne all the time, and Bordeaux is just not what you’re craving.   So? There’s plenty of other French wine you shouldn’t miss out on. I’d argue the country is still the world’s No. 1 spot for the combinati...

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SpaceX to build Mars rocket at the Port of Los Angeles

April 21, 2018

    SpaceX plans to open up shop at the Port of Los Angeles where it'll work on research, design and development of its Mars rocket. Los Angeles officials said Monday that a tentative lease agreement would allow SpaceX to take over a dormant building at the port in a move that could bring as any as 700 jobs to the area. The deal is expected to be approved by board of harbor commissioners on Thursday. SpaceX won't have to p...

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Bel Air spec house gets a $62M price chop

April 18, 2018

It’s no longer the nation’s most expensive house Called Billionaire, the spec house has 12 bedrooms and 21 bathrooms.  Courtesy of Bruce Makowsky/BAM Luxury Development An enormous Bel Air mansion that hit the market last year with a $250 million price tag is no longer the nation’s priciest listing, after a healthy $62 million price reduction. Dubbed Billionaire, the 38,000-square-foot spec house was built by developer B...

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Ten brilliant day trips from Madrid

April 18, 2018

Sunset in Segovia. Photo: mariusz kluzniak/Flickr. Looking for the perfect refuge away from the city? The Local brings you Madrileños' top destinations for a day trip from the capital. El Escorial and the Valley of the Fallen The Monastery of El Escorial. Photo: Daniel Lázaro Fernandez/Flickr. Just an hour away from Madrid is the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, dominated by the vast palace-monastery built by Philip II.  Declared a ...

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Spain is world’s biggest wine exporter but why does it sell its vino so cheap?

April 11, 2018

Photo: AFP Spain has yet again beaten Italy and France to remain the world’s biggest exporter of wine exporting a whopping 22.8 million hectolitres. Seems like great news for Spanish winemakers, right? Wrong. Because Spain is selling off its plonk cheap: at less than half the price of Italian and a quarter of the price demanded for French produce. Photo: LexnGer/Flickr According to the latest data published by the Spanish wine mar...

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Can Midtown Compete in a New Manhattan Market?

April 11, 2018

Companies Are Looking For Hip And Rejuvenating Office Spaces, Which Do Not Include The Low Ceilings And Outdated Assets Offered By Most Midtown Offices. In this artist’s rendering provided by BerlinRosen for SL Green Realty, One Vanderbilt, center, rises above Midtown Manhattan in New York. PHOTO: /ASSOCIATED PRESS (New York, NY) — Midtown is due for a makeover. With a new and competitive Manhattan market, The Midtown market is in need of a new...

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Steel Begins Extruding For 30 Hudson Yards’ Sky-High Observation Deck

April 11, 2018

Hudson Yards Observation Deck, rendering courtesy of Related and Oxford A new milestone has been reached for New York’s largest new development. The highest public outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere has begun to take shape near the peak of 30 Hudson Yards. Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group have announced that construction has started for the outdoor terrace, which will be just one part of the multi-floor space th...

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Hikes in Los Angeles: 8 trails with spectacular endings

April 11, 2018

From waterfall hikes to shady trails near the beach Wildflowers in Malibu. Shutterstock.com Los Angeles’s wealth of outdoors activities is no secret, and now that spring is here, there’s no better time to get outside. Hiking is a great, cheap way to enjoy the fresh air and fantastic weather, but for those more reluctant hikers—folks who need a little carrot to dangle in front of them as they trudge up a hill—we’ve compile...

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SPAIN’S PROPERTY MARKET HAS STRONG START TO 2018

April 11, 2018

PROPERTY prices in Spain have increased by 3.8% in the first quarter of 2018 year-on-year, with Madrid leading the way. The capital saw prices increase by 17% in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2017. Palma de Mallorca wasn’t far behind, with a 14.7% price increase. They were followed by Barcelona with a rise of 11%, and Pamplona with 10.4%. Meanwhile, transactions in Madrid and Barcelona are at thei...

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