Some builders bring in a unique quotient, setting your home apart from the run-of-the-mill variety. A look by Nandhini Sundar

You are offered a choice of a spacious penthouse with a panoramic view of the city or a plush villa in a posh location. Yet you are unsatisfied. You are looking for something special, something out of the ordinary, that unique quotient setting your home apart from the run-of-the-mill variety.

In short, you are seeking a bit of novelty that … (View original article)

29 Can Suirell is a mag­nif­i­cent villa over­look­ing Port Andratx in Mal­lorca which was built last sum­mer by PH Mal­lorca, the Mal­lor­can divi­sion of PH Prop­erty Hold­ings, Cheshire. Curve Inte­rior Design were appointed as inte­rior design­ers fol­low­ing other suc­cess­fully com­pleted projects for the client on Mal­lorca.

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There is no shortage of grand homes surviving along Garfield Boulevard, but none is grander than the house just east of Halsted, built at the turn of the 20th century by one James O’Leary.The name, of course, rings a bell: Mrs. Catherine O’Leary – and her cow – the fabled causes of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.

It was a bum rap, but the pair remain at the pinnacle of Chicago folklore.

James O’Leary was Catherine’s son, born in 1869.

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This summer, as part of Portland’s popular “First Thursdays,” Pittock Mansion will remain open until 7:00 p.m. on June 2, July 7, August 4, and September 1 so visitors may tour Pittock Mansion and enjoy the magnificent vi… (View original article)

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Museum by day, social center by night: that’s one new vision for the Curley Mansion at 350 Jamaicaway.

City Councilor Matt O’Malley and the Friends of the James Michael Curley House in Jamaica Plain held a public meeting with local residents Monday evening to proclaim a new chapter in the history of the Curley Mansion.

The Georgian Revival style mansion overlooks Olmsted Park next to Jamaica Pond.

Curley built the mansion in 1915, causing many, including the Cit… (View original article)

PANAMA CITY—Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli says a mansion once owned by former dictator Manuel Noriega will be knocked down to make way for a park since the government hasn’t found any buyers. Martinelli says the site will be called “Memory Park” and will help remind Panamanians of all the damage Noriega did to the country.

Panamanian officials tried twice to auction off the weed-choked estate they valued at $2.5 million in Panama City’s posh San Francisco district but… (View original article)