Architecture Watch: Chinatown for All!
Join us for Architecture Watch, wherein Curbed SF steps out into the blue yonder, collecting the best, worst, and wonkiest of projects. Nominate! ... , it includes everything necessary to house, entertain, and memorialize (via a "digital cemetery") a city ... construction and nostalgia, the Superstar is a fully integrated, coherent, and above all modern up [more...]
Date: 2008-09-11 17:50:10
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Build your favorite home
New Yorkers are always being introduced to the new concept of house made since New York City become one consideration for people to build what type ... , the site offers construction of New York log homes. And customer can choose up to 100 floor plans which ... of house would be best home in this place. Usually there is a certain mode booming in that place [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:29:22
Single Women Buying Homes - The Phenomenon
I was taking a look at my list of San Francisco clients that are looking for a home or have recently purchased a home and I realized ... twice as many homes as single men Single women make up more than one-third of the growth in real ... houses, condos, TIC’s, lofts, fixer-uppers, new construction, Victorian architecture, modern design [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 09:47:01
Home Is Where the Suitcase Is
Home Is Where the Suitcase Is By Lisa Belkin Representative Rahm Emanuel, the incoming White House chief of staff in the Obama administration, ... see their father anyway, he has spent weeknights in a small basement apartment near the Capitol ... his apprenticeship as an industrial construction technician. Divorce is an added complication, too. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 20:30:35
Thank You Palestine
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Date: 2008-12-28 00:27:20
Motorists’ habits spur call for tax increases
(The day is going to come when these “officals” (criminals) are get a long overdue “Spankin’”…Paul) ... in the program that funds highway repairs and construction is talking about increasing federal gas ... for upkeep of the system we have now,” said Adrian Moore, vice president of the Reason Foundation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 18:43:18
Banks Lowering the Boom on Small Builders
The New York Times reports tonight on how banks are clamping down on credit to small homebuilders, with the result that many will go out of business ... is, we’re seeing conditions in home construction and home finance that are the worst since the Depression,” said Steve Fritts, associate director of risk management policy at the Federal Deposit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 04:51:26
Cal-a-Vie: French Romance in Southern California
Remember this house designed by Cote de Texas Top Designer #7 Gerrie Bremermann? The house is owned by Terri and John Havens, of New Orleans ... on a massive restoration and remodeling, turning the picturesque property into a French dream. California ... trek to France each year to collect furniture, construction materials and even buildings to bring [more...]
Date: 2008-10-11 07:30:00
This Land is Your Land: A better way to spend $1 trillion
By Rich Rodgers of Portland, Oregon. For 11 years, Rich was a policy advisor to a Portland city commissioner on housing policy, school funding, ... to construct major public infrastructure in historic African-American neighborhoods in Atlanta. He now works ... money to bail out failing financial institutions. There is no talk of bailing out struggling hom [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 17:52:50
And Again...
Some depressing holiday news:Waves of Israeli aircraft swooped over the Gaza Strip on Saturday, ... and security men, including two senior commanders, but the dead included several construction workers ... target, including an apartment in which the basement is a weapons storehouse. This operation [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 17:54:00
New Benefit for Subscribers: Get Digital Editions Free
If you're a subscriber to Popular Woodworking, you can now read, search and print the entire magazine online at no additional charge ... tool coverage HERE. • Looking for free project plans? We have hundreds. Click HERE. • Learn a new ... at your leisure. Plus, you can: • Zoom in on photos for more detail. • Print out construction plans to [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 18:21:36
The Atlanta Botanical Garden?
One worker was killed and 17 more were injured this morning when scaffolding alongside the still-under-construction "Canopy Walk" ... elevated walkway that's scheduled to open next spring. Part of Atlanta's Piedmont Park, plans call ... center in addition to the Canopy Walk, which, when finished, will wind through the Storza Woods [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:34:11
Much in Obama stimulus bill won't hit economy soon
WASHINGTON (AP) — It will take years before an infrastructure spending program proposed by President-elect Barack Obama will boost the economy, ... -fashioned public works projects like roads, bridges and repairs of public housing.Less than half of the $30 billion in highway construction funds detailed by House Democrats would be released into the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:23:00
Lowdown on Gates Foundation Campus
I just got back from today's chamber meeting, where a group of 70 local business leaders and residents learned all about the new headquarters for ... amounting to 700,000 sq. ft., enough room for 1200-1400 staff Construction of the first phase is scheduled to finish in late 2010, with the second phase, a third office building, breaking ground shortly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 23:36:27
red red wine.
finally we got a fridge! in the house... ...we spend months with out one and is nice to finally have where to put the ice that used to just melt in ... about those nothing x nothing houses made with cheap construction material that probably made the houses feel like they were on fire.if matucana was a private thing i wouldnt care at all but being [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:51:00
NEW CONSTRUCTION FROM 1955!
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Date: 2009-01-19 11:27:45
UN wants all Gaza borders opened (AP)
Date: 2009-01-21 00:46:06
The SCA debate - Standing for Office
Your mission, should you accept it, is to engage constructively with chapter 7 of the DCLG’s new white paper, ‘Communities in Control: Real People, Real Power’… …and yes, after reading the chapter and mulling it over, it does feel very much like ‘Mission Impossible’ because the chapter provides very little of substance to engage with [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 17:44:25
More Parliamentary snapshots for 19 Jan 2009
No more GST profiteering Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister of Trade and Industry, told Parliament on Monday that in the last eight months, ... in an economic downturn, because many of them take on jobs that Singaporeans may not want to do or are unable to fill, like in construction and marine. ‘Foreign workers also help to keep [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:47:35
Hardie Board Siding
by Dan the Construction Man Did you know that hardie plank siding has the ability to withstand wind, fire, hail, and rain for an extremely long time ... colors to give them a very island beach style home. Planks come in different lengths and heights. James ... . Hardie also comes in a shingle which can be used on the entire house to give it the old cedar [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 10:54:08
From the Eater Lounge: iCrave
Throughout the Food & Wine Festival this weekend Eater welcomed bloggers, journalists and food world personalities to our lounge at MILK Studios ... in NYC? SB: We are working on a concept in the old Lotus space. We're starting construction in the next ... in the spring. It will have a restaurant on the ground floor and a club in the basement. Will it [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 20:45:39
Old Brookville mansion lists for $11.5 million
If you’re driving through Nassau’s North Shore and think you see a jewel glistening on the horizon, it just may be La Bijou, ... as spared in the construction of the home, which has 21-foot ceilings with handmade plaster crown m ... garage, an office, library, pool cabana, au pair quarters, intercom and security system. The home also [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:59:12
Real-World Consequences Of The Meltdown
Look around you and you probably know somebody who had been affected by the economic slowdown, particularly here in California. Maybe it's someone you know in the construction industry: State Controller John Chiang refused to make payments Thursday to contractors for work done on more than three-dozen public-works [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:57
WSJ Declares Mathematician Best Job in US!
Not that I spend very much time reading the Wall Street Journal but a colleague pointed out this interesting article which claims that being a ... 198. Taxi Driver4. Biologist 197. Seaman5. Software Engineer 196. EMT6 ... 191. Ironworker11. Economist 190. Construction Worker12. Philosopher [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 02:10:00
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
Environmental News Picks presents a summary of news regarding the environment, conservation, science, politics, ... will go for a spin in basement ‘forest’ BIOFUELS: Continental Airlines to Make Algae Biofuel Test Flight BIRDS ... CONSTRUCTION: 10 best ideas for greening your home that you’ve never heard of HEALTH: Mouthwash linked [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 14:26:44
RGLC - Running Up Briskly
Regal Life Concepts, Inc. engages in the marketing and distribution of bamboo flooring in North America. These products are used principally in new residential construction, as well as in home improvement, remodeling, and repair work. The company, formerly known as Regal Rock, Inc., was founded [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 14:50:06
Deconstructing the Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool
What a concert yesterday. I don't ever remember watching an outside concert for the inauguration. I guess we have had them before ... . When Pierre L'Enfant drew up a plan for a city 10-miles square and centered on the Congress House ... was sited by the McMillan Commission and designed by architect Henry Bacon. Construction [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 13:48:00
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Date: 2009-01-21 07:58:20
new friday night workout
last night i left work right on time. it had been a long day and i couldn't wait to start my three-day weekend ... -ending remodeling, his team is now moving from the third floor to the fourth floor ... be snoopy construction workers all over the place. we have a lot of plans involving other people [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 16:57:00
Much in Obama stimulus bill won't hit economy soon
WASHINGTON – It will take years before an infrastructure spending program proposed by President-elect Barack Obama will boost the economy, ... through old-fashioned public works projects like roads, bridges and repairs of public housing. Less than half of the $30 billion in highway construction funds detailed by House Democrats would [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 09:03:49
Fitch Foresees "Hard Landing" for China
We have said from time to time that we had expected growth in China to be lower than mainstream forecasts ... to revised statistics released this week. As many as 4 million migrant workers lost their jobs ... or tens of millions of unemployed factory workers to infrastructure construction products that may [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 06:27:59
Tomorrow's conventional wisdom debunked yesterday
From yesterday's VDARE.com column (which is where you can find all the documenting links) ... for Hispanics debauched them for everybody. So there was a huge amount of unneeded construction and remodeling, carried out in large part by Hispanics workers, making Hispanics unusually pleased [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 00:44:32
Buffett Buys More Burlington Northern
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Corp (NYSE: BRK-A) disclosed today that it had increased his Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI) ... . The company also offers transportation services for industrial products, including construction ... ; building products comprising lumber, plywood, oriented strand board, particleboard, paper products [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:19:01
Banks Are Still A Bad Bet; Too Many Skeletons And They Are Unwilling To Open Their Books
You are receiving this e-mail as a part of your subscription to Investor's Daily Edge. Your subscription began on Monday, December 31, 2007 ... but you can’t hide. It’s not just guilt by association. Most banks with loans in construction, commercial real estate, corporate loans, and of course residential real estate, are dealing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 10:00:00
Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards Project Stalls, Frank Gehry Forced to Lay Off Entire Design Staff
1222gehryshut.jpg Back in April, you might remember that a bevy of Brooklynites took to the streets to protest Bruce Ratner's plans to redevelop ... didn't really have much effect on the construction plans, who could have guessed that the economy would ... Ran Out" is a great read about finding you're at the end of an architectural era and stepping [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 11:01:12
Learning Happens Daily - Laws Regarding Contractors/Remodelers
The weather in 2008 was hard on people and their homes all over our great Country from hurricane Ike, to deadly tornado’s and ice/snow storms ... today regarding remodeling projects and wanted to pass the information on just in case you had not heard ... that exceed a cost of $10,000.00 with the Texas Residential Construction Commission. The commission [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 04:24:43
Bank of Clark County seized, given to FDIC
Lots of government people in suits showed up after the Bank of Clark County closed for business this evening. It’s not good ... employees, based at two branches, will continue to work for Umpqua Bank, which still plans to open ... that the Bank of Clark County had lost money on construction and development loans, but not how bad [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 06:13:55
Vinensia - Kitchen: How to Buy Refrigerator
Finding The Affordable Kitchen Counters · 3 Things You Should Consider When Buying Kitchen C… Set Budget for Kitchen Remodeling · Basics Rule for ... Like a Pro series takes this popular remodeling project step by step from planning, through construction ... Kitchen Remodeling · Let’s Make A Simple Kitchen Makeovers! ? Aug (3) … Go to source: Vinensia [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 05:10:13
A recession of Olympic proportions
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and John Armitt, chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, at the Olympic Park in Stratford So, ... not.” The insufficiency of available credit scuppered plans last year to raise private funding ... in Europe will be stepping up construction and trying to resolve solution funding issues. The Olympic [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:06:26
Green Church Bulletin
There was activity at the Green Church site today, perhaps related to the recent announcement by CB 10 that the city's School Construction Authority ... , was also at the site. His crew told the Kimballs they would be adding water and fire proofing ... next door to the demolished parsonage, are considering legal action based on the damage the demolition [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 20:27:00
How the system works (by Russell Roberts)
Rod Blagojevich will probably go to jail for trying to sell a Senate seat and various other shenanigans ... , Calif., company that in 2004 was awarded two consulting contracts worth about $1.4 million to advise ... the developer, Robert J. Congel, to use tax-exempt bonds to help finance the construction of the Destiny [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:10:12
Unique, giant coconut shell-made products
Three craftsmen from the southern province of Ben Tre, or the kingdom of coconuts, used 25,000 coconut-shell buttons to make a huge tea pot, ... and processing.Other commercial activities were also highlighted during the festival, such as high-quality products in agriculture, industry, aquaculture, garments and textiles, and construction materials [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:03:00
Cory Booker, Open Office Hours, Tuesday January 13, 2008
What would you have me say from five minutes and a handshake? My meeting with the mayor did not especially deepen my insight into him. His Honor held open office hours in the basement of a church. The affiliated hospital was across ... construction announced. I took the Light Rail to the main station and crossed into the largely Lusophone [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:26:07
Tuesday morning links
TOP STORIES Citigroup to help at-risk borrowers stay in homes - AP Obama Asks Bush to Provide Help for Automakers - NY Times G20 summit may be ... - Econompicdata Growth in Basement Remodeling Undeterred by Sluggish Housing Market - MarketWatch FED ... has dropped 70% - TimesOnline Las Vegas Sands halts Macau construction - MarketWatch INTERESTING [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 14:55:46
Colorado Chautauqua Aims to Become the “Greenest National Historic Landmark in the U.S.”
When I think of sustainability principles in buildings, shiny and futuristic images come to mind of the new California Academy of Sciences, ... or the Helena in New York City where I used to work, or many of these LEED Platinum buildings of 2008. But green building practices are not only a part of new construction; ... [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 18:59:48
Unions call for new economic stimulus
ACTUTuesday, 20 January 2009Unions have welcomed strong indications from the Prime Minister that the Government is preparing for a second stimulus ... the economic crisis and threat of climate change.“If small-scale construction jobs can begin ... and to jobs had not lessened since the $10.4 billion injection into the economy late last year [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:31:00
Baldeo vs. overdevelopment
OVERDEVELOPMENT IS RUINING OUR NEIGHBORHOODSby Albert BaldeoOverdevelopment has radically altered the traditional appearance and character of our ... construction-this scourge is compounded with our failure to landmark historic buildings. The results ... , McMansions, lack of land marking of historic districts, concreting over lawns, out-of-character [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 05:15:00
Earnings outlook scary across industrial sector
Reuters reports on earnings expectations from big industrial companies, Caterpillar included ... arch-rival Komatsu plans to expand its production in China: Komatsu, the world’s No. 2 maker of earth ... to the country’s construction boom. Let’s not forget: Cat announced two new plants in the United States [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 18:07:53
About Storage Sheds
by Scott Brown When shopping for items like sheds, the consumer should be aware that their construction is regulated by the IBC ( ... of shed type. Plastic sheds come in kits and are made from heavy duty molded plastics. Believe ... . Termites, mold, rot and wind damage. Though wood and vinyl withstand the wind better than metal [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 15:53:22
All About Gingerbreads: Part 1
Gingerbread house creation is a big time Thanksgiving tradition in my family (my dad's side, that is) ... family commitments and doesn't generally have other plans. Everyone brings an already constructed house, as well as an assortment of candy for decorating. Then we sit around a big table for an hour [more...]
Date: 2008-11-23 17:11:00
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