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Visitors look at property on display in a real estate agent’s window in Potsdam. Photographer: Michele Tantussi/Bloomberg
A sign advertising a house for sale hangs outside the property in the Nauener Vorstadt district of Potsdam. Photographer: Michele Tantussi/Bloomberg
Pedestrians walk past stores on Brandenburger Street in Potsdam. Photographer: Michele Tantussi/Bloomberg
A sign ad… (View original article)
We woke up to rain yesterday morning. We were a house-full: our friends from California were all sleeping downstairs. Ginny said it was nice to listen to the rain fall as she was waking up.Partly because of the rain, we spent the morning in the house. We had cups of tea or coffee and ate good bread from a bakery in Saint-Aignan along with butter from Brittany and home-made plum jam. Some had cheese: an Italian peccorino (ewe’s milk cheese), a local goat cheese (from Selles-sur-Cher), and oth… (View original article)
OXFORD — The Two Man Gentlemen Band will perform in a free concert 6-8 p.m. Sunday, June 26 on the lawn of Shippen Manor, just west of the Route 31 traffic light.
Hot jazz, rhythm & blues, tin-pan alley, and western swing laced together with “keen vocal harmonies” best describe the Two Man Gentleman Band.
The Gents — Andy Bean on tenor guitar and vocals and Fuller Condon on string bass and vocals — weave a high-energy blend of vintage and modern c… (View original article)
June 22
The diocese announces that the head of Maine’s Catholic Church will move to a Falmouth subdivision.
By Dennis Hoey dhoey@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
PORTLAND — Bishop Richard Malone will soon move from a 16-room mansion in one of Portland’s most upscale neighborhoods to a three-bedroom home in a suburban subdivision.
Maine Bishop Richard Malone is moving to Falmouth from… (View original article)
18 East 68th Street New York | The Sloane Mansion
The now notorious 18 East 68th Street (aka Sloane Mansion) was bought yesterday at auction by a Ukrainian-born billionaire, reports the Wall Street Journal.
As recently noted, the property was listed only a couple of years ago for $64 million and had its asking price slashed several times, the most recent one being just under $38 million. The distressed owners bought the property for $20 million in 2007 and financed t… (View original article)
The rubles are rolling into the Hamptons as several prominent Russian businessmen are showing interest in the East End this summer, The New York Post reports.
One Russian billionaire, who owns chains similar to Home Depot and Petco, has reportedly rented a 12-bedroom mansion in Southampton for more than $800,000.
Recently a Russian composer dropped nearly $24 million for a mansion in Southampton, and it is rumored new Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is looking at beach m… (View original article)
The rubles are rolling into the Hamptons as several prominent Russian businessmen are showing interest in the East End this summer, The New York Post reports.
One Russian billionaire, who owns chains similar to Home Depot and Petco, has reportedly rented a 12-bedroom mansion in Southampton for more than $800,000.
Recently a Russian composer dropped nearly $24 million for a mansion in Southampton, and it is rumored new Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov is looking at beach m… (View original article)
Thursday, June 23, 2011, by Rob Bear
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We’d love to see what you’ve got.
Location: Old Saybrook, Conn.
Price: $28,000,000
The Skinny: Set on a private lot, bordered on both sides by water, Katharine Hepburn’s Connecticut estate offers riveting views from nearly eve… (View original article)
Thursday, June 23, 2011, by Bilal Khan
It’s not every day a townhouse on Fifth Avenue hits the market, especially ones that aren’t the Duke Semans mansion. Well, there’s a new manor in the house. The Times reports that 973 Fifth Avenue is going on the market for a whopping $49 Million. The Stanford White designed mansion is 15,000 square feet and will be listed under mega-broker Paula Del Nunzio, who is also listing the $90 million mansion (th… (View original article)
Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:30 am
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Updated: 9:55 am, Thu Jun 23, 2011.
OCEAN CITY — The DuBois estate, the stately mansion off
Battersea Road, survived the Great Depression but could not weather
the recent recession.
Donald DuBois made the hard decision this year to demolish the
home his grandmother designed and his grandfather built in 1924.
The wrecking crews converted the property to a bare lot last week
to make room for six new homes… (View original article)