The founders of Instagram, now multimillionaires after Facebook bought their app this week, were helped along the way by the tight web in the Bay Area tech scene.
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The Science of Quieter Cities
An often overlooked component of city of building.
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Insta-Rich: $1 Billion for Instagram
Valuation: $500 million last week; $1 billion this week.
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In Executive Pay, a Rich Game of Thrones
Although the growth in C.E.O. compensation slowed last year, the pay numbers are still eye-popping.
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16 West 12th Street
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House Hunting in …Mexico City
A large percentage of foreign homeowners in Mexico City are American; the city wasn’t badly shaken by the global economic downturn.
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Toronto laneway house on Orphanage Mews
Globe and Mail article on a recently completed laneway house in Toronto by architect couple Christine Lolley and Tom Knezic of Solares Architecture.
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Twitter opening office in downtown Detroit
Twitter is opening an office in the Dan Gilbert-owned M@dison Building in downtown Detroit. Gilbert is a huge supporter of Detroit and is looking to establish “Webward Avenue” as the next Silicon Valley.
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Allur: Global Showroom for New Real Estate Developments
“Real estate developers and investors—not to mention real estate porn addicts such as myself—around the world will love the emergence of Allur, a new web startup. Based in Vancouver, Allur is a global online showroom for new real estate developments”