Mansions

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama and his family will leave the White House and shift in a luxurious mansion after his presidential term comes to an end on January 20. It is said that Obama and his family plan to stay in this $5.3 million mansion after inauguration day until his younger daughter Sasha graduates. … Continue reading »

Published: 08:02 EST, 6 January 2017 | Updated: 10:06 EST, 6 January 2017 Haunting images of an abandoned mansion once used as a school for evacuees in World War Two have revealed the items left in situ after the building fell into disrepair.   Asknish House in Lochgair, Argyll and Bute was built in the late … Continue reading »

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137 Riverside Drive, New York City, NY Clarendon The Clarendon on Riverside Drive in the Upper West SideBuilding InformationDeveloper Ranald MacdonaldArchitect Charles E. BirgeNumber of Units 62Number of Floors 12Year Built 1907Construction Method ConcreteType of Roof Cooper Mansard Loading map…{“minzoom”:false,”mappingservice”:”googlemaps3″,”type”:”ROADMAP”,”geoservice”:”geonames”,”types”:[“ROADMAP”,”SATELLITE”,”HYBRID”,”TERRAIN”],”maxzoom”:false,”width”:”auto”,… (View original article)

Norman Mailer. The newspapers both here and in London are full of obituaries and recollections about Norman Mailer who died over the weekend at age 84. There was a very good obituary in the New York Times by Charles McGrath. Taki, first in the Telegraph of London and then on his web site www.takimag.com, wrote … Continue reading »

Home builders and developers buy parcels of land all the time, but rarely does the acreage come with a bizarre backstory. The 8.6-acre property recently purchased by Larry Canarelli, founder of American West Homes, is the site of magician Penn Jillette’s multicolored mansion known as The Slammer. Jillette sold the property in southwest Las Vegas … Continue reading »

Donald Trump has already made it clear that when he takes office, he doesn’t intend to live only in The White House, but instead, he will spend part of his time in New York, at Trump Tower, and also at the Mar-a-lago Estate in Palm Beach Florida. The home’s original owner, Marjorie Merriweather Post, the … Continue reading »

Stanley Marcus Home10 Nonesuch Road A Dallas city landmark, the Stanley Marcus home sits on approximately three acres. The property originally consisted of six acres and, according to CBSDFW, was a gift to retail wizard Stanley Marcus from his father, Herbert, cofounder of Neiman Marcus. Lore has it that Marcus originally hired famed architect Frank … Continue reading »

Offbeat New Zealand: History and mystery at Campbell Park Estate, North Otago JOSIE STEENHART Last updated 05:00, January 3 2017 SUPPLIED A majestic ‘castle’-style mansion is the jewel in the crown of the Campbell Park Estate. With a castle-style mansion and stables built in 1876, an old jailhouse, fruit orchards and field g… (View original article)

Comments (0) THERE are high hopes 2017 will herald a new future for Paignton’s historic Oldway Mansion. A working panel has been set up by Torbay Council to draw up a new strategy in the wake of the collapse of its agreement with would-be developers Akkeron. Members of that panel attended the annual meeting of the … Continue reading »