Pittsburgh real estate news
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As Earthquakes Rattle Globe, Interest in Steel Rises
Long after the dead have been counted and the world's attention has moved on, the terrible testimony of an earthquake can still be seen in the piles of twisted metal and chunks of concrete -- often all that is left of a region's buildings.
Taiwan Prepares for the Arrival of Luxury Investors
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's luxury property market -- long passed over by international investors -- finally may be poised to attract overseas money, analysts here say.
'Our Town' Is Yours, Too
ANYONE who has attended or visited the MacDowell Colony, the nation's oldest artists' colony, has daydreamed about owning property in Peterborough. Quaint New Englanders with clapboard exteriors and regal Federal-style homes line quiet country roads. Whitewashed steeples, covered bridges and the preserved 18th-century buildings of its downtown rise against the mountainous backdrop that characterizes the Monadnock region.
A Distinct Story Line for a Cobble Hill Apartment
IN the living room of the apartment in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, that Robert Highsmith, 27, shares with his girlfriend, Stefanie Brechbuehler, 32, and their standard schnauzer, Kingsley, is a weathered Eames lounge chair that once belonged to Mr. Highsmith's grandfather and still smells faintly of cigarette smoke.
Proof That Storing Knives Doesn't Have to Be Dull
FINDING a way to store knives that is both functional and attractive has long been a challenge for home cooks of every commitment level. Even Chris Santos, the executive chef of the Stanton Social, a restaurant and lounge in Manhattan, and a judge on "Chopped," a reality show on the Food Network, keeps the knives he uses at home in what he describes as "a beat-up bag with burns and other war wounds."
Trash Recycled as Art
At the Collective, a restaurant opening Mar. 17 in the meatpacking district, ordinary trash has been elevated to recycled art. Visitors will find chairs and sofas cut from bathtubs, above; light fixtures made out of packaging material; and an armchair that mixes a rusty steel frame with wooden mannequin limbs, below.
Lighting's Moment
Kartell has reduced the price of its popular FL/Y pendant lamp, below, designed by Ferruccio Laviani, from $293 to $149.
Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years
WASHINGTON - The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.
Dogs That Detect Bedbugs
CRUISER made four house calls on a recent rain-soaked Tuesday. There were two happy endings and two unhappy ones, a fairly typical outcome for a typical day in the life of a bedbug-sniffing puggle.
How Green Is My Mansion?
MITCH KAPOR, the software mogul and philanthropist, has given millions of dollars to environmental groups.
Can a Mouse Cut the Cable?
THERE are certain timeless truths about people who don't own a television, chief among them that they love to tell you they don't own a television.
House Beautiful Invites New Yorkers to Take a Seat, Literally
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, a sturdy survivor in the embattled world of shelter magazines, enacted its own stimulus program last week, with the kind of feel-good giveaway associated with the glory days of television. Over three days, a team from the magazine's marketing department deposited 40 blue chairs around New York City, in a promotional tie-in with its March issue, which is devoted to the color blue.
House Hunting in ... England
FOUR-BEDROOM TWO-AND-A-HALF-BATH HISTORIC HOUSE IN SURREY
What You Get for ... $175,000
HEBER CITY, UTAH
Bringing a Taste of New York to Johannesburg
JOHANNESBURG -- Adam Levy was a teenager growing up in Melrose, a whites-only suburb in northern Johannesburg, when Nelson Mandela was released from prison 20 years ago. Today Mr. Levy -- much like the city itself -- has traded the racial restrictions of the apartheid era for a far more colorful (and cultural) urban existence.
WHOWHATWHEREWHY: "Feel Good Twice"
Buy a sofa, save a life. That's the premise behind the "Feel Good Twice" program going on all this month at Weisshouse furniture store at 324 S. Highland Ave. in Shadyside.
Jane Seymour brings Hollywood home
LAS VEGAS -- Glitz, glamour and no gilt! That statement could be as easily applied to Sin City (with a slight spelling change) as Jane Seymour's new collection of furniture, Hollywood Swank.
