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iksathrob · 4 years

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98 Victoria Rd, Bellevue Hill sold for “well over $21m, sources confirmed to the Wentworth Courier, which has returned to the streets of Sydney’s eastern suburbs today. The COVID-19 pandemic is shaping up as one of the greatest challenges the world has ever faced. But some well-heeled residents of Sydney’s east are emerging as winners, at least when it comes to their property dealings. Among those to have sold amid the acute shortage of grand mansions for sale in Sydney’s east is the businessman and one time owner of the bedding chain Sleeping Giant, Fred Bart. He sold his six-bedroom Art Deco mansion — with pool and tennis court — in V ictoria Rd, Bellevue Hill, for “well over” $21 million last week, sources said. And other sources this morning have confirmed to the Wentworth Courier that the buyer was property developer Willi Phillips. MORE: Bondi Junction home attracts 20 bidders Dentist extracts bargain on $20m house It comes with a huge resort-style pool. The Victoria Rd mansion is on a massive 2415 block. // // When contacted this morning, the listing agent, LJ Hooker Double Bay supremo Bill Malouf, gave a firm “no comment“ in regards to either the sale or the purchaser. In an earlier conversation — for the relaunch issue of the Wentworth Courier which hits the streets of Sydney’s eastern suburbs today — Malouf said: “Both ends of the market seem to be working very well, with some good sales in the $1m, $2m and $3m range and even at the top level. “I still believe the market will hold because there’s no stock out there and not much coming.” Malouf is already back in big listings mode, launching the Point Piper penthouse-style home of former lord mayor Nelson Meers and his wife, Carole, with a guide in the “high teen” [millions]. The North Bondi home of White City Tennis Courts manager and coach Steve Loeffler, pictured with his wife Lucy and daughter Olivia, goes to auction on Saturday. Picture: John Appleyard. The Loeffler home at 20 Gould St, North Bondi, has a guide of more than $2.3m. Meanwhile, Pillinger principal Brad Pillinger, who achieved the highest deal of the pandemic when he sold a $30m property in June, said: “The top end of the market is extremely strong.” More affordable standout homes are also doing extremely well, as shown by an original gem in Bondi Junction attracting 20 registered bidders and selling for $3,125,000 — $625,000 above reserve — at a hotly contested auction last Wednesday. The four-bedroom, two-bathroom circa 1910 Federation Queen Anne-style home on a 405 sqm block at 2 Birrell St had been the home of the late Mavis and Les Coutinho for 50 years. “It went through the roof,” said Raine and Horne Bondi Beach’s Hannan Bouskila. The improving market is great news for White City Tennis Courts manager and coach Steve Loeffler and his wife, Lucy, who with their second child on the way, have their three-bedroom semi at 20 Gould Street North Bondi for auction with a $2.3m guide this Saturday with Ray White Unlimited’s Ron Bauer. Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O. Jackie O bought a beautiful home in Woollahra for $11m after selling her Vaucluse property for a big price. “Our daughter, Olivia, is one and a half and tearing around so we need more space,” Loeffler said. There have been many other winners, too. Superstar radio host, Jackie O, sold her beautiful Cambridge Ave Vaucluse home for an impressive $6,675,000 on March 27 — well above the $6.5m Ray White TRG principal Gavin Rubinstein had been quoting. And she bought an incredible Nick Tobias-designed home in Edward Street, Woollahra, for $11 million on June 22. The Agency’s Ben Collier had it on the market for just three days. Last Friday, Jackie O appeared in a promo video for Ray White TRG, confirming Rubinstein acted as her buyer’s agent and that he helped her find “the house” adding “we got it done like that!”. Alexander and Leah Bischoff are other property winners. They sold their grand home at 41 The Crescent, Vaucluse, for about $8m and buying a renovator’s delight with harbour views for about $6m — all on the same day. Other top agents have been achieving some big sales weeks in recent times. Ray White TRG duo Oliver Lavers and Rubinstein have had close to $20m worth of sales during the past week. The Agency’s Collier, too, had some big wins — including smashing the Surry Hills price record when Atlassian’s Nick Menere and his partner, Carli Dixon, paid $11.5m in Albion St in May. Ray White Double Bay’s Warren Ginsberg and his team have also been smashing it, selling $21.3m worth of property in Vaucluse alone over the past two weeks, including Westpac’s global funding chief Alexander Bischoff and his wife, Leah, selling their ‘contemporary masterpiece’ for about $8 million and buying a ‘renovator’s delight’ with harbour views for about $6m nearby — all on the same day. The post Sydney’s well-heeled riding high with buyer of Fred Bart’s $21m mansion revealed appeared first on realestate.com.au. from news – realestate.com.au https://ift.tt/2CSWPHy

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darlagts · 6 years

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El sábado era día libre y había quedado con mi primo de vernos, así que pedí a los demás un ticket del tour bus para ir con él, lo cual resultó productivo, pues me di cuenta que, en lugar de tres, nos dieron cuatro días! Nos fuimos a Uptown y al llegar Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market – 116th St. & Malcolm X Blvd, nos bajamos y caminamos 6 cuadras para entrar al Central Park North y ver el lago Harleem Meer y sus bellos jardines, done una pareja celebraba, en esos momentos, su boda. De allí regresamos para ir a El Barrio, East Harlem, en busca de una tienda de discos para conseguir uno que me había encargado un amigo. Cuando pasamos por una de las avenidas, no recuerdo cuál, había un desfile, de sello muy latino. Luego de una larga caminata para cumplir con esa tarea, ya era hora de irnos para el estadio de los Yankees, pues teníamos boletos para el partido, así que nos encaminamos a la estación de la 125 y Lexington. Después de un rato de estar allí, anunciaron que el tren esperábamos y que nos llevaría directo al Yankee Stadium, no llegaría y debíamos transferirnos de estación con un boleto. Para entonces, ya habíamos caminado cerca de 5 kms. Por suerte andábamos con mi primo y él sabía qué hacer, con el transfer ticket tomamos un bus que nos llevó a la estación W 125th en Douglas Blvd. y allí tomamos el D y llegamos a tiempo para ir a la taquilla a retirar los boletos que ya estaban pagados.

No puedo describir la emoción que sentí al ver a Willie Randolph siendo honrado como se merece, con el retiro de su uniforme. También le hicieron la misma distinción a Mel Stottlemyre, acto que fue sorpresivo, pues no estaba en el programa. El juego de los veteranos (Old Timer’s game) fue muy divertido y hoy puedo decir que ví, personalmente, lanzar a “Louisianna Lightning” Ron Guidry y jugar a Ricky Henderson, Lou Pinniela, Willie Randolph, Jim Leiritz, Wade Bogss, Johnny Damon, Paul O’Neill, Reggie Jackson, Bucky Dent y tantas otras estrellas de mi equipo favorito, juntas, en el nuevo estadio. Aparte, el partido regular con los Tigres de Detroit lo ganaron contundentemente. Si no hubiera estado cayendo ese bajareque frío, habría sido mucho mejor, pero igual lo disfrutamos.

El domingo el resto del grupo regresaba a casa, mientras que dos de nosotras permaneceríamos en la ciudad hasta el martes. Despedimos a los viajeros y nos fuimos de paseo, tomando el Downtown bus para ir al Memorial 9/11 y a Battery Park. Nos perdimos de regreso al bus, pero encontramos el camino. El siguiente bus que tomamos, con intención de bajarnos en la 14, aparte de andar super lento y con un guía medio antipático, no hizo esa parada, explicando que los domingos no hacían ciertas paradas porque las áreas estaban solitarias y preferían preservar la seguridad de los turistas. Me pareció justo, así que seguimos y bajamos en el Waldorf Astoria para dirigirnos al hotel. Estábamos cansadas, asoleadas y sudando a mares y habíamos caminado 3.6 millas (5.79 kms.). Luego bajamos a cenar a Havana Central, que era lo mas cercano y la comida estuvo deliciosa, aunque las porciones son tan generosas que es difícil comerse todo. Nos acostamos temprano, por el cansancio y porque al día siguiente nos volveríamos a ver con mi primo y sabíamos que la caminata sería larga.

El lunes, último día de estadía en la ciudad que nunca duerme, fue caminar en grande!! En total caminamos 7.25 millas (12.25 kms.) Desayunamos antes de encontramos con mi primo en la 42 y la 8a y de allí nos fuimos caminando hasta la 11a Ave. para bajar hacia la calle 34 y entrar desde allí al High Line Park, el cual caminamos completo para bajarnos en Gansevoort St. en el Meatpacking district. De allí caminamos 6 cuadras, de vuelta a Chelsea Market donde tomamos un refresco y nos sentamos a descansar un rato. Desde allí, nos dirigimos, por la 16 hasta la 7a. ave. y la subimos, pasando por las oficinas de Google, el Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), el monumento a la moda que es un botón y una aguja gigantesca hasta llegar a Macy’s en la 34. Allí estuvimos un rato, mientras no encontraban el paquete que mi amiga no había podido retirar el día que lo compró porque se les había caído el sistema de caja (sí, allá también sucede, jajaja) y, al salir nos dirigimos a Bryant Park , donde almorzamos unos deliciosos emparedados de un kiosco al lado de la fuente, con jugo de naranja, a la sombra, mientras observábamos el ambiente veraniego y mi primo nos contaba qué se hacía allí en las distintas estaciones del año.

Se suponía que nos iríamos al hotel desde allí y él se iría a su trabajo, pero nos preguntó si habíamos ido a Grand Central Station y ante nuestra negativa dijo ¡vamos! Caminamos por la 42, cruzando la 5ta y Madison Ave. y allí entramos a la estación. Es impresionante, por el tamaño, la arquitectura y el lujo de la misma. Hermoso edificio que se conserva bellamente y en uso. Saliendo de la estación, nos explicaba sobre el lugar donde trabajaba y, obvio, terminó llevándonos hasta Long Island City, Queens, un desarrollo de lujo en un área que, antiguamente, era industrial y estaba abandonada. El alquiler de un estudio es de $3,000 mensuales, que parece ser el promedio por toda la ciudad, según nos informaban los guías en nuestros distintos tours. Aquí sí que el día con mi primo llegó a su fin, pues él tenía que entrar a trabajar. Mi amiga y yo perdimos el rumbo por andar conversando, pero como no era difícil orientarse, llegamos a la estación y volvimos a Manhattan sin mayores contratiempos a prepararnos para nuestro viaje al día siguiente, despidiéndonos de esta manera de la capital del mundo…pero no por mucho tiempo!

Béisbol e interminables caminatas en Nueva York. El sábado era día libre y había quedado con mi primo de vernos, así que pedí a los demás un ticket del tour bus para ir con él, lo cual resultó productivo, pues me di cuenta que, en lugar de tres, nos dieron cuatro días!

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instapicsil3 · 6 years

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Michigan City Mayor Ron Meer celebrated his birthday tonight by kicking off community input into the city’s new downtown plaza. #mymichigancity #createplayrepeat https://ift.tt/2AUGuAG

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al32richards · 7 years

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The Empire Strikes Back: Lucas Museum Coming Back To Chicago

After losing a hard-fought battle to land his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in the Windy City, Hollywood Director George Lucas has unveiled what can only be considered “Plan D” — another attempt to build his showpiece legacy in Chicago. Or at least near Chicago.

You’ll remember that Plan A was to build the Lucas Museum in San Francisco, but the visionary behind such motion picture staples as American Graffiti and Star Wars could not come to an agreement with the Presidio Trust to build on a parking lot at Crissy Field.

Plan B was another parking lot move: The egg-shaped surface lot just south of Solider Field. The building would have resembled a futuristic circus tent, intended to pay homage to the waves and dunes of nearby Lake Michigan. That plan was scuttled by NIMBY group Friends of the Parking Lots.

Plan C was announced just three months ago — a plan to replace two surface parking lots at Exposition Park in Los Angeles with a revamped, but still futuristic-looking, building. While Los Angeles initially welcomed Mr. Lucas home with open arms, the cost of environmental compliance in California has reportedly forced the Lucas Foundation to give Chicago a rather clever second chance.

This time around, Mr. Lucas has given up his parking lot vendetta, and will focus on a location that allows him to bypass meddling neighborhood groups, the Chicago City Council, and anyone else who cares to say “nay” to his dream.

He’s going offshore.

Rendering of the Lucas Museum of Narrative and Maritime Art (Courtesy of Ümlaut Architects)

The newly rebranded Lucas Museum for the Narrative and Maritime Arts will be built on a platform just off the coast of Chicago. Its design will be a combination of the Los Angeles plan’s sinuous curves, and the former Chicago plan’s sloping peak. Except instead of being set in a sea of green park land, the Lucas Museum will be set in an actual sea of blue-green lake water. The Michigan City News-Dispatch quoted Mace Windu of the Belgian architecture house ÜMLAUT describing the museum as, “similar to Tipoca City [from The Empire Strikes Back], but right-sized by our human cloud’s charettes so that we can leverage generative design algorithms in a way that the entire program language becomes energy-positive.”

Others from the Lucas camp chose to speak English.

“This time instead of being part of Chicago’s skyline, we have the best view of the skyline from just a short distance away,” predicted Lucas representative Berch Teller.

The reason the new museum plan quietly made its debut at the Michigan City, Indiana city council meeting last week is because the platform structure will be just over two miles from Northerly Island, putting it several feet over the state line, and outside the reach of the obstructionist politicians and pundits of Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago.

Diagram showing the positioning of the Lucas Museum of Narrative and Maritime Art (Courtesy of Ümlaut Architects)

“Nothing can touch us,” quipped Teller. “I mean, we’ll still have to pay off the mob, but it’s the Michigan City mob. It’s not like it’s Cicero or something.”

The platform will be anchored to a shallow knob of limestone known to divers and tug boat captains as “Utapau” — a Kankakee word meaning “shallow knob of limestone.”

In compliance with President Trump’s new “Build America First” environmental directive, the Army Corps of Engineers has already approved the paperwork for the construction, electrification, and sewage discharge from the lake-bound museum platform.

“We look forward to adding this new aquatic tourist attraction to Michigan City’s already vibrant arts scene,” puffed Michigan City Mayor Ron Meer. “It is the perfect compliment to our already vibrant downtown outlet mall, and the antiques shop on Franklin Street that is open on Wednesdays and Saturday mornings during the summer.”

“This is the third piece of the puzzle that we’ve been looking for,” chirped Norra Wexley of the Northern Indiana Business Buddies Legislative Extension. “We envision Hollywood stars coming into Gary airport on their private jets, visiting the island museum, and then staying at the Blue Chip Casino, Indiana’s largest riverboat casino!”

“Highway 20 between the airport and downtown [Michigan City] is known around the world for its abundant selection of home-made baked goods, wildflower honey, and sweet corn, available at any number of rusted out pick-up trucks,” added LaPorte County Agriculture Commissioner Max Veers. “I can’t wait to see Brad Pitt loading up on boysenberry pies to bring back to Angie and the kids.”

Local politicians seem eager to get the project underway, calling for an ambitious 2022 opening date. Coincidentally, a disused Royal Dutch/Shell North Sea oil drilling platform was recently auctioned off on eBay for just under one million dollars to someone using the name HoozierBildr36.

When it is complete, initial access will be provided by a new Michigan City municipal ferry. The M/V Falcon used to make the run from Milwaukee’s Festival Park to Toronto’s Kessel Marina, but the route was scuttled because few people wanted to make the 12-day journey.

Teller says the long-range plans include specially modified Zodiac boats outfitted to look like Land Speeders that skim across the water from Navy Pier to the museum. “If Chicago loves its parking lots so much, let them deal with the cars. We’ll take the tourists.”

from Chicago Architecture https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2017/04/01/the-empire-strikes-back-lucas-museum-coming-back-to-chicago/

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max34ron · 7 years

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The Empire Strikes Back: Lucas Museum Coming Back To Chicago

He’s going offshore.

Rendering of the Lucas Museum of Narrative and Maritime Art (Courtesy of Ümlaut Architects)

Others from the Lucas camp chose to speak English.

“This time instead of being part of Chicago’s skyline, we have the best view of the skyline from just a short distance away,” predicted Lucas representative Berch Teller.

Diagram showing the positioning of the Lucas Museum of Narrative and Maritime Art (Courtesy of Ümlaut Architects)

“Nothing can touch us,” quipped Teller. “I mean, we’ll still have to pay off the mob, but it’s the Michigan City mob. It’s not like it’s Cicero or something.”

The platform will be anchored to a shallow knob of limestone known to divers and tug boat captains as “Utapau” — a Kankakee word meaning “shallow knob of limestone.”

from Chicago Architecture https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2017/04/01/the-empire-strikes-back-lucas-museum-coming-back-to-chicago/

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carol38banks · 7 years

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The Empire Strikes Back: Lucas Museum Coming Back To Chicago

He’s going offshore.

Rendering of the Lucas Museum of Narrative and Maritime Art (Courtesy of Ümlaut Architects)

Others from the Lucas camp chose to speak English.

“This time instead of being part of Chicago’s skyline, we have the best view of the skyline from just a short distance away,” predicted Lucas representative Berch Teller.

Diagram showing the positioning of the Lucas Museum of Narrative and Maritime Art (Courtesy of Ümlaut Architects)

“Nothing can touch us,” quipped Teller. “I mean, we’ll still have to pay off the mob, but it’s the Michigan City mob. It’s not like it’s Cicero or something.”

The platform will be anchored to a shallow knob of limestone known to divers and tug boat captains as “Utapau” — a Kankakee word meaning “shallow knob of limestone.”

from Chicago Architecture https://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2017/04/01/the-empire-strikes-back-lucas-museum-coming-back-to-chicago/

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