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Branson first became aware that some of the islands in the British Virgin Islands were for sale in 1979. In 1978 he went to the British Virgin Islands for a holiday in order to investigate the prospective real estate. On first observing the islands, he envisioned using them to put up rock stars for his record label. Upon arrival, they were given a luxury villa and travelled around islands for sale by helicopter.
The final i… (View original article)
24 August 2011
Last updated at 17:41 ET
Windsor Castle will be powered by hydro-electricity, the royal household has said.
The castle will be supplied by Southeast Power Engineering Ltd (SEPEL), after former renewable energy plans were halted in 2009.
Two hydro-electric turbines at Romney Weir on the River Thames will be lifted into position by a crane in late September, the firm said.
The 40-tonne Archimedes Screw turbines will be ready to op… (View original article)
After an initial assessment, Smithsonian officials said “the most serious structural damage” from Tuesday’s earthquake was to the Smithsonian Castle and a storage facility in Suitland, Md.
The Castle, the oldest building on the National Mall, will remain closed to visitors and staff. It contains an information center, a cafe and administrative offices. Five decorative turrets on the Castle were heavily damaged, according to the Smithsonian.
All the Smiths… (View original article)
Well, shiz! She is certainly moving right along, isn’t she?
Taylor Swift only bought a $1,990,000, 4,062 square foot penthouse in downtown Nashville, TN in 2009, before swapping it in for a $1,400,000 historic mini-mansion in the same town in September of the following year.
Only seven months later, she moved along to a $3,550,000 compound in a Beverly Hills, CA canyon – and now, after making some serious renovations to the Nashville mansion, she and her family have reportedly picked up a… (View original article)
Château de Noisy (Miranda)
Location Data
Built:
1866
Closed:
1991
Opened:
n/a
Demolished / Renovated:
n/a
Location Age:
145 years
Abandonment:
20 years
Current Status:
Abandoned
Location Genre:
Residential Home / Community
Located In:
Celles, Houyet Belgium
Alternate Names:
Château de Mirinda
During the French Revolution, the family of the Count of Liedekerke-Beaufort left the feudal castle Ch&acir… (View original article)
23 August 2011
Last updated at 08:18 ET
Excavations at Haddo House in Aberdeenshire have revealed remains of the historic Place of Kelly.
The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) said work at its property, near Methlick, had uncovered the seat of the Gordons of Haddo prior to the 1730s.
NTS said the location had previously been a matter of speculation.
Dr Shannon Fraser, NTS archaeologist for eastern Scotland, said: “It has been described as almost… (View original article)
After 2,700 years, the walls and gates of ancient Nineveh can still be seen near the banks of the Tigris river just opposite the modern city of Mosul in Iraq. In ancient times, it was the capital of the great Assyrian empire, a city of more than 100,000 people, and it was a subject of a supreme being’s attention throughout the books of the Old and New Testaments in the biblical account. “Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Ammittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great ci… (View original article)
Villa Finale: Hurry up and take some pictures, teens
Villa Finale has a photo contest as part of the citywide photography festival, Fotoseptiembre.
But you need to hurry – entries are due by 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25.
The contest is open to teens between the ages of 13 and 17. Ten winning photographs will be selected by a panel of guest judges
and will go on display during
special exhibition (in September, of course)
in the … (View original article)
Godly Mansion Back On The Market
Posted By
Jessica Militare on
August 23rd, 2011
Where did ex-Marine Steven Wallace and founder of brokerage firm Pacific Brokerage Services decide to rest his head once the day was done? A 27,816 square foot monstrosity in Holmby Hills with three elevators, a two-story library, and three family rooms, all fit for a God. The deities were literally ingrained in this one, for the mansion even has its own nightclub, nam… (View original article)
Monday, August 22, 2011, by Mark Boyer
This Lincoln Park mansion took some time off the market for a two-month summer vacation, but with Labor Day fast approaching, it’s back to its price-choppin’ ways. Over the weekend, the home returned to the market with the asking lowered price by more than $1 million. The home, now priced at $2.75 million, is now selling for less than half of its original list price ($6.25 million). Interestingly, some of the square foot… (View original article)