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Wanted: Loft Buyer With a ‘Devil-May-Care’ Attitude. Literally.

“Find Your Place” . . . in Between a Future Construction Site and Demonic Neighbors (Huh?!?) Let me see if I understand StreetEasy’s pitch** for a New York City loft (above) correctly. The unit immediately above (“NEEDS RENOVATION”) is likely to become a noisy, dusty construction site for an indeterminate period of time, starting . . ....
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Book Review: “Wonder,” by R.J. Palacio

“Elephant Boy” “Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right using of strength . . . He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts.” –Henry Ward Beecher Unlike my kids, who had to read it for school, I read it voluntarily. But what a treat! Take a break from Tolstoy...
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Can’t Afford Southwest Minneapolis? Consider Edina (Yup, Edina)

The Twin Cities’ “Brooklyn” and “Manhattan?”  The Case for Edina’s Country Club Neighborhood Brooklyn has become so hot — and expensive — that the joke in New York is that people who can’t afford to live there should check out cheaper digs in Manhattan. In particular, the Upper East Side now looks like a relative...
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Spending $5 to $10 Million (or More!) to Have a Dog and/or Garden. Hmmm, Might There Be Another Way(??) . . . .

Single-Family New York City Townhomes “Single-family townhomes also often offer other benefits: residents can have a garden; they can own a dog without asking anyone’s permission. Many of these houses are in picturesque neighborhoods with an embracing sense of community.” –“Townhouse Turnaround“; The New York Times (11/8/2013) This week’s New York Times real estate section...
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