Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Building Proposal by Greenwich Village Hospital Is Rejected
The plan would have demolished nine existing buildings to permit the construction of a 329-foot-tall hospital and a 265-foot-tall luxury condominium.
Archive for May 7th, 2008
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Q & A: Taxing the Gas in Them Thar Hills
How would income from natural gas drilling be taxed?
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Q & A: An Official-Looking Co-op Document
Is a notice seeking a list of co-op officers legitimate?
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Study: Foreclosure surge hits New England renters hard
Lease-abiding renters in four New England states are losing their homes to foreclosure as fast or faster than single-family homeowners who default on mortgages.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Young Artists Find a Private Space, Only Without the Privacy
At the McKibbin lofts in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the rooms are cramped and residents put up with a lot.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
In England, at Home in a Railroad Station
As a child Steve Sokalsky always preferred airplanes to trains. But that hasn’t stopped him and his family from making their home in a former railroad station.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Property Values: What You Get for … $3 Million
A five-bedroom house in Honolulu; a three-bedroom house in Bloomfield Township, Mich.; and a three-bedroom house in Weaverville, N.C.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The high cost of affordable housing
IS IT getting too expensive to build affordable housing in Massachusetts? On average, it costs more than $200,000 a unit to build such housing and many projects cost significantly more. A new proposal in the state Senate would make those projects even more expensive.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Developer agrees to trim tower’s size
A compromise reached between City Hall and developers of a planned 299-foot-tall residential tower in Chinatown will reduce the height by 34 feet, but means elimination of the revered Dainty Dot building on the site.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Homes, hopes rise at Mattapan site
Jim Clark has been connected to the former Boston State Hospital grounds in Mattapan since 1969, and was often questioned when he talked about turning the weed-choked grounds into an oasis.
