For three long decades, Judith Rodgers lived in a one-bedroom rent-stabilized apartment on West 86th Street. All around her, life moved on.
She first shared the space with a roommate, then assumed the lease and lived there with a husband, and finally remained … with three sons after she and her husband split.
Yes. Her […]

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Jonathan Prager is a 40-something Manhattan comedian and singer whose life experience and worldview, like those of many other comedians, are semitragic. Certainly, his quest to find a quiet home has been laced with pathos.
His last apartment, he said, was a living hell. He could hear the squeak of his neighbors’ faucets, the ring of […]

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A couple of updates I found in this week’s Boston Courant:
* A public meeting regarding plans to build a 1140-bed residence hall for college students and faculty behind the YMCA on Huntington Ave will be held this Wednesday, May 30th, at the YMCA.
* Someone has proposed building a new three-family townhouse at 38-40 Worcester Square
* […]

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The National Association of Realtors “has sought enactment of an income tax credit or similar tax incentive for developing entry level and affordable housing. NAR also supports an incentive for employers to provide a down payment assistance fringe benefit to their employees and to assure that employees will not be taxed on any cash or […]

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The Herald profiles The Meads, a new luxury building at the edge of Back Bay.
Originally built as two single-family homes, the double structure was designed by architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, which designed the Boston Public Library.
The structure features wrought-iron princess balconies, arched windows topped with engraved medallions and an Ionic-columned granite porch entrance […]

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I spoke too soon.
New York City got Duck Tours this week. (Except they call them “Splash” Tours.)
Oh, how have they been able to live without them???
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The following information is from the local MLS database, as of May 19, 2007, compared to (last week).
Total # of condos for sale in the city of Boston: 2,700 (2,567)
Average # of days on market: 110 (113)
Median price of all condos for sale in the city of Boston: $399,000 ($399,000)
Average price of all condos for […]

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