San Francisco | $2.995 Million A five-bedroom, five-bathroom Victorian house, on a 0.1-acre lot This house is in Potrero Hill, about a 10-minute walk from Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. It is also within walking distance of a public library, public elementary and high schools, and Potrero Hill Recreation Center, which sits…
Patrick Page and Paige Davis met in the mid 1990s, during New York rehearsals for the first national tour of the musical “Beauty and the Beast.” But with Mr. Page working on his scenes in one studio (he played Lumière), and Ms. Davis, an ensemble member, singing and dancing in another, they didn’t really get…
In 1972, residents of Tokyo looked up to see something extraordinary looming over downtown. It looked like something out of a science-fiction film — a futuristic tower composed of 140 detachable capsules, each suitable for a single resident and with a porthole looking out, like a pile of eyes fixed on the city. With its…
Idyllwild | $1.089 Million A 1991 chalet-style retreat with five bedrooms and three bathrooms, on a 1.3-acre lot This house is less than 10 minutes from a brewpub, a bakery, a grocery store and a number of restaurants and inns at the center of this small mountain community. But the location’s big draw is its…
Jackelyn Silva misses the days when she could store food in her cabinets without giving it a second thought. Or step away from the kitchen table for a moment without a worry. “You can’t cook breakfast and leave it there,” she said, “because once you turn, you’ve got a roach on your food.” It’s not…
The president of the embattled National Association of Realtors has resigned, just four months into her tenure. Tracy Kasper is the second president to abruptly step down from N.A.R. — an organization that has seen its power and influence wane in recent months in the wake of losing a major antitrust lawsuit and amid allegations…
Manhattan | 250 Mercer Street, No. B804 Greenwich Village Studio $665,000 A roughly 450-square-foot co-op studio with an updated kitchen, a breakfast bar, a sleeping alcove, overhead storage and 10-foot ceilings, on the eighth floor of a 16-story doorman building from 1890 that has basement storage cages, a live-in super, a bike room, shared laundry,…
Q: I’ve been unable to live in my rent-stabilized apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, because of a bedbug infestation. The landlord hired an exterminator, who has come three times, but the bedbugs are still there. The exterminator said they might be resistant to the chemical spray. My lease isn’t up until September, and I want…
The past year gave many house hunters a sobering realization: For now, they remain among the ranks of renters. While 2023 also came with a slight easing of competition among renters and somewhat lower rents, the market remains tight. Just how much space can renters expect? A recent report by RentCafe found that the average…
Two architects came up with a solution in a city that was once among the most stressful in the world: Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
