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Aston Martin’s First Residential Project Makes Landfall In Miami
The building is designed to look like a windsail ASTON MARTIN RESIDENCES MIAMI This week the first residential building project for luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin saw the initial few hundred drum loads of cement being poured for its 66-story building in downtown...
read moreSix-Hour Waits: The West Village Is New York’s Hottest Dining Hood
New openings such as Pastis and Bar Pisellino are making the West Side the best side. Source: Bar Pisellino The West Side of Manhattan should be dead to the food world. When the landmark restaurant Barbuto shut its garage doors at the end of May, it seemed to...
read moreBest Spots to View Macy’s 2019 Fourth of July Fireworks in New York and New Jersey
The “Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Show” is back to provide another grand display of fireworks. The best spot to watch it live and in person is from the East River. Here’s some more spots to watch. 1 of 9 Getty Images The best spot to watch the...
read moreManhattan Home Sales Surge Ahead of Mansion Tax Hike
Buyers flooded the market, reversing a downturn in sales and prices that has plagued the city for at least a year and a half A tax hike went into effect Monday on home sales of $2 million or more. GETTY IMAGES Home sales in Manhattan spiked in the second quarter, as...
read moreMadrid Luxury Home Prices Accelerate Upward 8 Percent in 2018
Global real estate consultant Knight Frank is reporting that the average home price in Madrid declined 30% in peak-to-trough terms following the financial crisis of 2008, but now sits 46% above the market low reached in Q3 2012. The recovery of Madrid’s prime...
read moreRichest Cities In The World: The Top 10 Cities With The Most Billionaires
New York has been the most popular city for billionaires for five years in a row. Photographer: Craig Warga/Bloomberg © 2015 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP People with ten-digit fortunes can live pretty much anywhere they want. As it turns out, many like the same spots. Of the...
read moreLA tests wavy bike barrier to protect cyclists from passing cars
Research suggests a solid white line isn’t enough to shield riders The lane delineator was installed for the CicLAvia event Sunday. Photo courtesy LADOT Bicyclists traveling along a three-block stretch of Venice Boulevard Sunday enjoyed a little extra protection from...
read moreNYC Pride March 2019: Parade route and street closures
Everything you need to know about the city’s biggest celebration of its LGBTQ community Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images NYC Pride is here! And this year—the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising—is a big one for New York’s LGBTQ community: The city is...
read moreHamish Bowles Takes in the Best of Madrid, Past and Present
Photo: Hamish Bowles Madrid really is the city that never sleeps, as I discovered when I hied thither for the opening festivities for Balenciaga and Spanish Painting, curated by Eloy Martinez de la Pera, which opened last week at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. I...
read moreNew home sales in Spain soar in the last 12 months
Spanish luxury real estate agency Lucas Fox witnessed sales of new homes triple in the period from January to April 2019, compared to the same time last year. Lucas Fox said the upsurge in new homes transactions is largely due to a significant increase in sales by its...
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