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”
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Toronto Startup Heatmap
“Joe Greenwood is directing a new project that pulls together data to track Ontario’s startups. One of the first data sources to be tapped was the StartupNorth Index, which in conjunction with MaRS client data has been crunched into a heatmap of 670 startups across Toronto. Not surprisingly, the ideal office is inexpensive, accessible by transit, and close to good coffee.”
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At Edge of Paris, a Housing Project Becomes a Beacon
A 1960s housing tower in a poor Paris suburb now stands as a symbol of pride for the neighborhood.
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Mayor Warns of the Pitfalls in Social Media
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, speaking in Singapore, said that governing a city for the future can be hampered by the short-term focus of Internet comments.
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Making the Streets of San Francisco Easier to Park On
A new program using technology and flexible pricing based on supply and demand has appeared to make finding a parking space easier in certain parts of the city.