Maya Angelou’s Harlem Home Sells for Record Million Larry Marano/Getty Images Maya Angelou’s Harlem brownstone has sold for $4,075,000—or $1,138.58 per square foot. That’s a colossal price for a Harlem residential property, according to listing agent Valon…
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This UK city just became the unlikely target for a £220m development London isn’t hogging all the attention in the wake of Brexit Dawn over Sheffield. Image credit: clive wren (Flickr) Sheffield, the third largest local authority…
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Forest City: Luxury utopia or ecological disaster? Environmentalists protest the “eco-city,” which ironically entails ambitious land reclamation and may destroy marine ecosystems Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex in Johor Bahru. Image credit: Stefan Fussan (Flickr)…
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With banking expats leaving, who will rent Hong Kong luxury apartments? Wealthy professionals and entrepreneurs are seeping from mainland China into Hong Kong’s high-end residences Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Image credit: akwan.architect (Flickr) Now that expatriates are…
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Secret history Mumbai bungalow touted for luxury development potential A rare development opportunity with a side of heritage A house with history: Nehru (right) pictured with Gandhi in 1946, was a regular visitor to the bungalow. Image…
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Cities With the Best Weather—for Sun Worship, Puddle Jumping, Kite Flying, and More Imgorthand/iStock; ILYA AKINSHIN/iStock;Gansovsky Vladislav/iStock; loops7/iStock In many ways, weather is nature’s Rorschach test. After all, the conditions you crave speak volumes about your inner…
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