The colorful fashion designer is apparently seeking the simple life in Paradise Cove, SoCal’s most exclusive trailer park. Johnson is also in the process of selling residences in Manhattan and East Hampton.
With its rocking-chair porch and faux-vintage vibes, this newly built traditional in Kirkwood apparently struck a chord with Hotlanta homebuyers. It listed Thursday at $650,000 and was under contract by the other side of the weekend.
According to the listing, this six-bedroom home was constructed by George Allan Hancock in 1924. That's around the same time he subdivided the prominent neighborhood that is now named after him. Last sold in 1977, it looks to be in need of an update.
Plans to renovate a run-down Montrose Beach concession building into a $2 million dry-land surfing facility is reportedly dead after failing to win the blessing of the Chicago Park District following objections from the city’s community of migratory bird enthusiasts.
ApartmentList’s "Rentonomics" blog, which publishes extensive analysis of home rental and buying markets on a regular basis, has issued a report that declares Austin the only city in the United States where incomes have risen as quickly as rents.
It rained, but only a little, and only during the run, which was probably welcome. It certainly didn’t stop the Keep Austin Weird Festival and 5K from being a rousing success. There were costumes, there were squirt-guns full of vodka, and there was a queso-filled dunking booth.
This quirky Tudor-style residence was the longtime home of experimental rock star Frank Zappa. It's also where he recorded many of his records, and the in-home studio he called the "Utility Muffin Research Kitchen" is one unusual feature of the home.
While the scale of change and the full ramifications of the vote will take some time to shake out, the decision already has many people and industries concerned for their future—the design world included.