WASHINGTON -- You don't have to be a princess to want a turret. If you lived in a medieval castle, you might have a turret in order to keep a vigil...
Tax policies that encourage carbon emissions range from subsidies for oil companies to mortgage interest deductions for energy-wasting McMansions, but neither Romney nor Obama has addressed it head-on.
Most people expect if they're spending $9,000,000 on a seven-bedroom castle with a glass elevator and an indoor pool, they'll get to live in it. Or at...
By Karen Cilento click here for the original article on ArchDaily Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Long Island from Design Onscreen on Vim...
WASHINGTON — Living in an outlying Chicago suburb, Jeff Wehrli recalls a heady time not too long ago when city dwellers poured in and developers...
Tear down one highly unsustainable McMansion and build two small green, handcrafted homes in its place? I like this idea a lot. Bothered by Australia...
As David Rosenberg, the presciently bearish chief economist and strategist at Canadian asset manager Gluskin Sheff told clients Thursday: "The high-en...
The Metropolitan Opera's season-opening performances last week of Wagner's Das Rheingold got lots of media attention, and with good reason.
I know. No one likes a snitch. But I've learned other people's mistakes are costly.
Welcome to Bubble Boy Nation, a place inhabited by overprotective parents, delicate, overindulged children, and two major political parties that routinely capitulate to legions of lobbyists.
Via Real Estalker, the always unpredictable pop princess Britney Spears has once again chopped the price of her 5 bedroom, 6 bathroom Beverly Hills Vi...
Via Real Estalker, Howie Dorough, more commonly known as Howie D. of the recently reunited Backstreet Boys, has placed his Mid-Century Sunset Strip re...
Sniffed out by Real Estalker, property developer Brad Korzen and his superstar interior decorator wife Kelly Wearstler have put their Beige Malibu beh...
Found via Real Estalker, Funny man Judd Apatow and wife Leslie Mann have listed their palatial Palisades property for $6.495M. The 5 bedroom, 5.5 bat...
Found via LA Observed, "Annie Hall" actress Diane Keaton has re-listed her Beverly Hills mansion for 16% under last year's $13M price tag. Built by ...
The downturn may have left millions out of work and struggling to get by, but there are still plenty of very rich people willing to spend incredible s...
Found via Curbed LA, this sprawling Spanish Colonial Revival has hit the market for $4.9 Million. Designed by famed architect Elmer Grey, the force b...
Thanks to Curbed LA for tracking down another architectural head scratcher. This 5 bedroom, 10 bathroom, contemporary Beverly Hills home is on the ma...
Via Real Estalker, Broadway performer and actress Pia Zadora has recently listed her $10 million, 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom Pacific Palisades compound. T...
According to Christophe Choo Real Estate Group, Bren Simon, widow of billionaire Real Estate Mogul Melvin Simon, has put her grandiose Bellagio Road m...
Thanks to the LA Times for digging up the Biggest Real Estate sales of 2009. While last year was a tough time for the housing market, these big spend...
There's trouble in paradise: in Broadway-Flushing, Queens, McMansions have sprung up, and the hedges, lawns and classic architecture have been replaced by ugly fencing and paved front yards.
Reminded of what America stands for -- a nation of pure individuals -- I admit I fell prey to "socialism" after all those years as a "liberal."
My family is making a green choice. By preserving our farm as wetlands, we will provide clean air, water, and open space to the community. Most importantly, we will have set an example.
My question to anyone who cares to answer is: who is out there buying the Louboutin pumps? The Vivier booties? The Hermes scarves, the Chloe bags? Is it you? Or anyone you know?
