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Homeowners Association Threatens to Sue Reservist Over Landscaping

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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In addition, an ordinance to ban mobile homes was introduced. This, in spite of the fact, that one of the largest manufactures in Sunnyside, produces mobile homes . We have seen moratoriums enacted to prevent even an application being … Read more: Homeowners Association Threatens to Sue Reservist Over Landscaping Share and Enjoy:

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Survey Finds Expansion of Housing in the US

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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The median size of all single, detached and manufactured or mobile homes rose slightly since 2005, to 1769 square feet (and to 2304 for homes built in the previous four years). The median amount of space per person also increased, … Continue here: Survey Finds Expansion of Housing in [...]

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Architecture that helps save the world?

Monday, October 6, 2008

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Ten years ago, the idea that architecture could help save us from destroying our planet might have seemed ridiculous, or at best, unlikely.  Nowadays though, it’s become clear that every single aspect of civilized human life has the potential to either help or harm us - and it’s up to everyone to make conscious choices [...]

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Stussy Deluxe Fall 2008

Sunday, October 5, 2008

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Stussy Deluxe Fall 2008 by Fashion for mat (fashion-for-mat) @ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:00:30 -0500 Stussy’s top shelf collection of streetwear, Deluxe, gets a couple of new additions to their fall lineup. Focusing more on construction rather than flashy design, the line is very impressive and com… Original post: [...]

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California High-Speed Rail: No Longer an Urban Legend?

Sunday, October 5, 2008

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What, with the economy in shambles, and the BART system threatening to crumble under our feet unless it gets some Tender Lovin’ Care (a.k.a. funding), we see no better time to take on the time-consuming and costly task of making California a little bit more like Europe. Though, as the Daily Cal reports, “Bullet trains [...]

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Where to issue the mortgage in Peter?

Saturday, October 4, 2008

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NEWS ON THE THEME Levels of defaults under the mortgage should be evaluated for each creditor Banks have started to refuse the mortgage Who will h. Read more: Where to issue the mortgage in Peter? Share and Enjoy:

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Still Sinking

Friday, October 3, 2008

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by Turkana From the Los Angeles Times: Businesses from automakers to retail stores slashed payrolls last month, the government reported today, causing the steepest one-month job losses in more than five years and pushing the economy closer to a recession. In addition to continued drops in construction and manufacturing jobs, the Labor Department survey [...]

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Marketing to A/E Firms?

Friday, October 3, 2008

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Marketing to A/E Firms? October 3rd, 2008 Construction Marketing Ideas had an interesting post last week about how builders can market themselves to the architecture, design, and engineering industry.  After reading, I am curious.  How can architecture, consulting civil engineering, and landscape architecture firms market themselves to builders and developers? [...]

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How The Whole Mortgage Mess Started!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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The action, which will begin as a pilot program involving 24 banks in 15 markets — including the New York metropolitan region — will encourage those banks to extend home mortgages to individuals whose credit is generally not good … Here is the original: How The Whole Mortgage Mess Started!

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A Response to The New York Times

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Editor’s Note: Rick Rosan, president of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Worldwide, wrote a letter to The New York Times in response to a column written on September 14 by Nicolai Ouroussoff, in which Mr. Ouroussoff claimed that ULI’s recommendations for rebuilding in New Orleans included a proposal that would revert much of the city [...]

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