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Archive for July, 2007
I just heard about this website called “Going.com”.
It’s a social networking site … oh, god, another one?
Anyway, moving on, here’s their deal:
Going helps you find fun things to do and fun people to meet.
* Ever wish there’s one place where you can find all the events around town?
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07/25/07 |
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From today’s Globe:
Q: I am a loyal reader who should have taken your advice. When my adjustable-rate mortgage was recently “recast” to current interest rates, the unpaid interest was added to the mortgage principal balance. I now owe about 110 percent of my home’s market value. I recently lost my tech job, which paid over [...]
07/24/07 |
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From the Boston Business Journal:
A curt letter from Mayor Thomas Menino to Anne Meyers, president of Downtown Crossing Association, was sent Monday, admonishing the association for not providing new locations or alternatives to pushcart vendors who will be displaced in Downtown Crossing.
The mayor demanded a map outlining new locations for these vendors be sent to [...]
07/24/07 |
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The tunnel on Storrow Drive is falling apart (wait, what was that sound I just heard …).
So, the powers that be came up with three plans: repair the existing tunnel, eliminate the existing tunnel and create surface parkway (with stop lights), or replace the existing tunnel with a more elaborate tunnel.
The Department of Conservation and [...]
07/24/07 |
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A local developer wants to build a 350-foot residential tower on the corner of Essex Street, in the Leather District, overlooking the Rose Kennedy Greenway (oh, alright, it also borders Chinatown).
Currently on the site: the old Dainty Dot Hosiery building.
According to the Boston Globe:
The Boston Landmarks Commission staff has recommended against giving the 118-year-old Dainty [...]
07/24/07 |
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The point of this post isn’t about how “well” the New York City real estate market is doing. It’s about what it means to that city.
There were approximately 1,900 condominium, co-operative, and single-family home sales in the 2nd quarter, 2006; there were 3,900 condominium, co-operative, and single-family home sales in the 2nd quarter, 2007.
The [...]
07/23/07 |
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