In New York we get to enjoy the snow for about five minutes before it’s turned into a dirt slushee. After that, layers of yellow are added by the city’s canines (and sometimes humans), along with street grime, and other little treats (rocks, needles, whatever). What we’re saying is, our snow is dirty and depressing enough that the least we could do is pick the dog shit out of it. So this little pet etiquette reminder is for you, dog owners. [ more › ]
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Petiquette: Clean Up After Your Dogs Even If There’s Snow On The Ground
Over the weekend the Boombox Party took to our city, basically bringing people (some in suits, none in Lloyd Dobler trench coats) to the streets with boomboxes, which were all blasting a mix tape filled with what sounds like mostly predictable songs. To be honest, it looked kind of annoying, but you know, we’ve been waging war against “fun” lately… just see (and listen) for yourself in this below video documentation. [ more › ]
Eric Fischer created a map showing Twitter traffic based on location, noting, “Broadway as the spine is not difficult to believe. Data from the Twitter streaming API (10000 points, 30000 vectors). Base map from OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SA.” Basically, it follows the city’s biggest—and apparently most connected—corridors. [ more › ]
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Big On Broadway: Map Of Twitter’s NYC Traffic
A city employee has been arrested for allegedly exposing himself to an 11-year-old girl in Harlem last month. Andrew McFall, who works for the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development, has been charged with public lewdness and endangering the welfare of a child for the Dec. 20 incident. [ more › ]
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City Youth Worker Arrested For Allegedly Flashing 11-Yr-Old
Click here to view the full photogallery. The Council for Community and Economic Research just released their annual ranking of the cheapest cities in the United States, as ranked by cost of living. Just like last year, the far southern town of Harlingen, Texas came in first, with a cost of living that’s just almost a fifth cheaper than the national average. While it’s not exactly a cultural hub, bird watchers flock here to watch the annual migrations, so that’s something. Plus, a haircut will run you under $8. This house, built “like a fortress” to conserve energy, will cost considerably more up front: $425K. Considering it’s got 5,000 square feet, five bedrooms, 3.5 baths, and overlooks the Arroyo Colorado, that’s not such a bad deal either. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ #2: Memphis, Tenn. With all the relatively small cities on this list, it was a bit of a shock to find Memphis, the legendary music town, at number two. According to CCER’s numbers, the city has the lowest average cost of housing, but we’ve spotted a view listings around town that seem to hike the average up. There are parts of town where $1.7M doesn’t even buy a completed house. Instead, it gets the buyer 14,000 unfinished square feet on 3.8 acres. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ #3: Ardmore, Okla. Texas appears three times in the top five cheapest, so this Oklahoma town, even if it’s just to the north, is a welcome respite. Home to the cheapest average apartment rental, at $500 per month, Ardmore also has its fair share of large historic homes. This columned manse was built in 1932, spans 4,750 square feet, and has a renovated kitchen to complement the historic details. Listed for $350K, the white house sits on 0.79 acres with a charming two-bedroom garage apartment. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ #4: McAllen, Texas Like Harlingen, this city is also located on Texas’ southern arm, close to the border with Mexico. Sugar, jeans, and wine are at their cheapest prices here, with the latter averaging $5 per bottle. With a nice wine buzz on, it’s time to go house hunting. This gated estate costs a pretty penny by any city’s standards, $1.75M, but includes six acres, a 5,900-square-foot mansion, and a vaguely Spanish style. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ #5: Waco, Texas Infamous as the site of a showdown between an armed cult and allegedly overzealous government agents, Waco should, today, be better known as the place where parmesan cheese is the cheapest. The town is located halfway between Dallas and Austin and is the birthplace of Dr. Pepper soda. Historic homes are plentiful here, like this 1885 mansion built by one of the founders of the now wildly-successful soft drink. The 7,100-square-foot white manse has four beds, four baths, and some remarkably well preserved historic detail, and is available for $895K. · America’s Least Expensive Cities, 2012 [Yahoo!] · 3209 Lazy Lake Dr [Zillow] · 6401 River Tide Cv [Zillow] · 211 F St SW [Zillow] · 1201 E Yuma Ave [Zillow] · Waco, Tx [Zillow]
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On the Market: Livable Properties in the Top Five Cheapest Cities in America
Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We’d love to see what you’ve got. Click here to view the full photogallery. Location: Seattle, Wash. Price: $1,025,000 The Skinny: The calm bays and inlets that surround Seattle are some of the finest waters for houseboating in the country, but for a devoted landlubber who wants to experience “on-the-water” living without shacking up in a glorified floating bathtub, the city offers up this $1M home anchored to the hillside. With a wall of glass that faces a row of houseboats, it’s not far from the lifestyle, but without the inevitable headaches. Built in 1988, the three-story structure houses two bedrooms and 2.5 baths over 2,500 square feet, along with expansive deck space for outdoor entertaining. · 3254 Portage Bay Pl E [Zillow]
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House of the Day: A "Houseboat" for the Seasick on the Waterfront in Seattle
Click here to view the full photogallery. The official list of the country’s most stressful cities has just dropped courtesy of the analyst geeks over at Sperling’s Best Places, with it some grim news that things such as divorce rate, commute times, unemployment, violent crime, property crime, suicides, and the the number of cloudy days per year all contribute to the happiness (or, in this case, unhappiness) factor. (Especially in Florida, which counts three of the five biggest stress cases.) That’s not to say there isn’t calming real estate to be found therein. Take the Detroit metropolitan area, coming in No. 5 on the list. It ranks in the 100th percentile for violent crime and property crime, and in the 97th percentile for poor mental health days a month. Probably pretty difficult to think about that in this 1914 brick Colonial in the city’s tony Indian Village neighborhood. Designed by architects Alpheus W. Chittenden and Charles Kotting, the seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom home has 9,600 square feet of pleasing, if traditional, interiors, including a lovely little sunroom that’s begging for a catnap. This slice of R&R is asking $499K. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Coming in at No. 4 is Jacksonville, Fla., which hovers at a 10.4 percent unemployment rate and has 139 cloudy days a year. This 8,800-square-foot mansion, built in 1987, may be over the top in many, many, many ways—check out the living room and that opulent master bath—but among its many soothing features are an indoor/outdoor pool, an impressive porch overlooking the river, and five fireplaces. Ask? $6.9M. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Sure, Miami Beach is known for its glitzy nightclubs and throngs of beautiful people, but the area also has an 11.5 percent divorce rate and 733.3 violent crimes per every 100,000 people. Overlooking it all: this “traditional Thai home in the sky,” an ultra-posh penthouse in the Setai Resort and Residences. The unit, which belongs to Netscape co-founder Jim Clark, is basically a 6,200-square-foot glass box with a rooftop terrace, a private pool, and of course, ocean views from it all. Sounds relaxing, save for the $27M ask. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ It’s probably no surprise that Las Vegas hits the list at No. 2, even though it has the fewest cloudy days per year of any of the cities analyzed. Which is probably why this four-bedroom, 5,400-square-foot listing only has exterior photos and no indication whatsover about what’s happening inside. Regardless, enough said: the fenced-in property has riding paths, fountains, pretty landscaping, and a pool. The price for zoning out in the City of Sin? $5.25M. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Last, but certainly not least, is Tampa, Fla., which takes the crown as the country’s most stressful city: its average commute time is about a half an hour, its unemployment is 11.2 percent, and it has a divorce rate of 12.3 percent. Sited on 165 feet of open bay, this five-bedroom house is a respite from it all, with water views from many of the rooms and a pool and gazebo out back. It’s asking $3.99M. · Most Stressful Cities [CNBC] · 1750 Iroquois Street, Detroit, Mich. [Realtor.com] · 1235 Terrace Oaks Lane, Jacksonville, Fla. [Trulia] · The Glassy South Beach Penthouse of Netscape’s Co-Founder [Curbed National] · 5795 S. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas [Realtor.com] · 50 Lagoda Ave., Tampa, Fla. [Realtor.com]
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On the Market: Soothing Oases of Calm in America’s Most Stressful Cities
If you’ve ever squeezed into a freakishly tight parking spot , faced off with passive aggressive neighbors , or accumulated hundreds of dollars worth of tickets for parking two feet too close to a fire hydrant, than you understand how difficult it can be finding parking in the city. But the Department Of Transportation has begun testing new futuristic parking space sensors to try to cut down on all the cars circling for spaces. Could this end fights over “putting it in head first ?” [ more › ]
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The Future Is Coming: Track Parking Spaces On Your Phone
As you may know, we sort of adore Courtney Love , so we’re happy to hear that she will not be evicted from her Manhattan townhouse. Late last year the owner of Love’s West Village townhouse, Donna Lyon, claimed the rocker fell behind on rent, damaged property, and altered the appearance of the home. Now TMZ has learned that a judge just tossed the case out, “because it turns out Courtney did exactly what a good tenant is supposed to do—pay her rent.” [ more › ]
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Courtney Love Will Remain A West Village Resident, Says Judge
Photo: Drexel/ Arch Record PHILADELPHIA —A former fraternity house, left abandoned by Drexel University for years following an arson incident, is now to be transformed by the university into a “smart house” that combines the classic architecture of the original with an architectural abomination of an addition. [Arch Record] JUPITER, FLA. —In what must be one of the cutest development projects of all time, the Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Fla., Concierge Auctions is preparing to auction off an “exquisite custom residence” previously listed for $12M. Bids start at $5M for this home in the same subdivision as basketball great Michael Jordan. [CurbedWire Inbox] THE INTERNET —In August, Say Media acquired the excellent design and home-reno blog Remodelista, and it’s gearing up to be relaunched on Jan. 23. The site will have a different look and a few new features. [Editor at Large; previously ]
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CurbedWire: Repurposed Former Frat; Be Michael Jordan’s Neighbor