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: San Francisco, Calif. Price: $8,850,000 The Skinny: Commissioned by “a prominent lawyer and San Francisco Mayoral candidate” in 1894, this gray-and-white Victorian occupies a prized corner on one of San Francisco’s best streets, a section of Broadway known as “Billionaire’s Row.” Compared to some of the other sprawling mansions on the street, this one is a bit cheaper, even at $8.85M, but still enjoys spectacular downhill views from the upper levels. Measuring over 7,000 square feet, this four-story manse boasts six bedrooms, five bathrooms, and yards upon yards of original details. Wood paneling and beamed ceilings line the entertaining rooms, where the furnishings lose the historic plot. The updated kitchen, too, is a less than convincing historic replica, though at this price point a renovation is never out of the question. According to our colleagues over at Curbed SF, this place has been on and off the MLS over the past few months. Perhaps the owners just aren’t quite ready to part with it. · 2500 Broadway Street [Zillow] · Pacific Heights: Handsome Victorian Takes $650K Off the Top, Maybe, Almost [Curbed SF]
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House of the Day: A Turn-of-the-Century Mansion on Storied San Fran Street
The court-appointed attorney for alleged cop shooter Luis “Baby” Ortiz said his client was beaten while he was in police custody. At Ortiz’s arraignment yesterday, lawyer Eric Poulos surprised no one by accusing cops of roughing up his client after he was arrested, bruising his face and chipping a tooth. “He was struck by police officers’ fists, both at the scene and at the station house hours after,” Poulos told the judge yesterday . Considering all the other horrible things that can happen to a perp while in police custody, it sounds like the alleged cop shooter got off easy. [ more › ]
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Police Beat Alleged Cop Shooter At Precinct Station House, Lawyer Says
While the Susan G. Komen Foundation remains on the defensive about defunding breast cancer prevention-related grants to Planned Parenthood, its marketing juggernaut remains unabated. For instance, what says ending breast cancer forever like a .22-caliber pink handgun? [ more › ]
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Komen: Hates Planned Parenthood, Loves Pink Handguns
Photo via Freshome WORLDWIDE — Design Within Reach has just introduced a line of bedding by product designer Judy White. Prices run from $115 (two standard pillowcases) to $850 (reversible king coverlet). [New York Times] DALLAS —While not officially listed yet, the house that cosmetics company Mary Kay built is coming on the market for somewhere in the nabe of $5M. The 12,000-square-foot home, built in the mid-’80s, was formerly owned by Mary Kay Ash, founder of the cosmetics company. [Candy's Dirt] MANILA, PHILIPPINES —Underway is a new fancy residential tower combining the talents of interior design juggernaut Philippe Starck and Century Properties, the same developer behind the nearby Missoni condo project. [CurbedWire Inbox; previously ]
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CurbedWire: Bedding From Design Within Reach; Starck in the Philippines
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: Northeast Harbor, Maine Price: $9,975,000 The Skinny: The collection of stately homes along Somes Sound that form the preppy enclave known as Northeast Harbor are grand summer “cottages”, even by the standard of Mount Desert Island. This Gambrel-roofed mansion, set on 3.27 waterfront acres, enjoys a particularly favorable location, with both a dock and a less-than-common private beach, along with sweeping water views. The four-bedroom, 4700-square-foot main house is joined on the property by a dockside guest cottage, separated by well-maintained, if not formal, grounds. Listed for nearly $10M, this seaside manse is looking for a member of the private jet set, as Northeast Harbor is more than five hours from Boston, and nine hours from NYC, by car. · Moosewood [Knowles Co.]
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Colonial history buffs will delight in a 19th-century barn some 30 miles outside Philly: the three-bedroom house sits on land that was sold by Pennsylvania founder William Penn in 1682. The original house, built in 1750, burned down; the property asking $375K was built between 1825 and 1850. [Curbed Philly]
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Pretty-faced former couple Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have listed their Buff & Hensmen-designed home in the hills of Los Feliz. Known as The Wong House, the 1969 wood-and-glass contemporary was an exercise in modesty for Johansson, who formerly lived in a massive mansion in the Hollywood Hills. [The Real Estalker]
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Breakup Sale: Pretty-faced former couple Scarlett Johansson and…
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: Irvington, N.Y. Price: $11,750,000 The Skinny: Located in the tony Hudson Valley enclave of Ardsley-on-Hudson, this supremely elegant Italianate mansion is being offered for the first time in 80 years. Unlike many such sales, usually prompted by a death in the family, this utterly immaculate estate has been maintained to perfection, aided by the superior construction. It is said that the Caen limestone blocks were laid so tightly that even today it’s impossible to fit a penknife between them. Built on a 65 acre plot in 1852 by Manhattan merchant Francis Cottenet, Nuits, as the house is known, then eventually passed to John Jacob Astor III, who also maintained homes in NYC—on the future site of the Empire State Building—and Newport, R.I. Renovated over a period of 20 years, from 1980 to 2000, the 10-bedroom, 14,000-square-foot estate is today listed for $11.75M. · 2 Clifton Place [Zillow]
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House of the Day: Immaculate Hudson Valley Mansion of John Jacob Astor III
Newt Gingrich may be trailing Mitt Romney by 11 percentage points in Florida, but don’t tell whoever wrote this fresh, fly, rap song about the former Speaker of the House. [ more › ]
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Listen: Newt Gingrich Rap Song "Got All Pro-Life Up In This Thang"
NYPD officers pulled a 200 lb Harlem man to safety after he attempted to jump out of a seventh-floor window. [ more › ]
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Police Save Harlem Man From 7-Story Fall