Apartment Choice

What is a planned community? It's a housing development where the homes, roads, stores and other features are carefully designed and orchestrated to make living there as convenient and enjoyable as can be. For instance: Shopping centers may be deliberately situated within walking distance of planned community homes , which are typically attached—condos, townhouses, apartments—to make travel by foot manageable. Trees and flowers are planted alongside most streets, along with hiking/biking trails. High-speed commuter rails whisk workers to nearby urban centers  for their 9-to-5 jobs. There may even be village-wide Wi-Fi, to boot. Contrast this with the ad hoc way communities are usually built: In many cases, a developer just plunks down row housing on a parcel of land nowhere near commercial districts, which means you'll have to always grab your car keys for a carton of milk. Sometimes, luck or some modicum of forethought helps these neighborhoods turn out OK, but planned communi...

An allegedCraigslist scammer rented the same West Oak Lane apartment four times, and police say he walked away with $10,500. Police are looking for Harry Moore, who they say showed a property on the 8000 block of N. Fayette Street once in March, twice in May and again on August 5. Moore allegedly requested a deposit for the property, but when the move-in date arrived, he devised various excuses for why it was not available. He never gave any money back, though he has set up meetings to do so, then failed to appear. The incident might serve as a reminder of the possibility of scams as college students begin returning to the city after summer break. Related Articles 6ABC tracked down one of Moore's victims. She told the station that a neighbor tried to warn her that a scam was afoot, but her boyfriend handed over $1,500 anyway. "My boyfriend said he wasn't getting any bad vibes off of him. I guess he's just really good at it ... now we're displaced and I have a 2...

Russian Government Detains Gogol Center Artistic Director for Fraud Scheme" src="https://images.bwwstatic.com/columnpic8/26963E14A-9797-FC65-843D75E8D2878FF5.jpg" width="280" style="float: left;" /> According to The New York Times, artistic director of Moscow's Gogol Center, Kirill S. Serebrennikov, has been detained by the Investigative Committee of Russia for embezzling over $1 million. Serebrennikov was appointed artistic director of The Gogol Center in 2012. In May 2017, Serebrennikov's apartment, and the Gogol Center facilities , were raided by the law enforcement agencies in connection with the alleged embezzlement at the Seventh Studio, non- profit organization established by Serebrennikov. Click here to read the full article. The Gogol Center, Russia's leading avant-garde theater is a multi-use arts complex in Moscow featuring movies , music concerts, a discussion club, and performances by Russian and foreign directors on s...

Garage sales are pretty much the only institutions in America where one person's trash truly is another one's treasure. They're perfect for lightening your load before a move on the one hand, or, if you've just settled in, acquiring new stuff for a mere fraction of the original price. And most of the stuff you'll come across is, admittedly, pretty junky. But once in a while, you'll find something special. Only just how special those unicorns hiding in someone's driveway garage sale could turn out to be might astonish you. As proof, check out these four amazing garage sale finds that ended up being worth way more than their purchasers originally guessed. If these don't convince you to think twice about pawing through other people's refuse (or holding onto what you've got if you suspect it's worth something), we don't know what will. Related Articles The Declaration of Independence In 2007,  Michael Sparks of Tennessee picked up what he...

Unable to commit. Fear of missing out on something else (#FOMO). Not ready to settle down. No, we're not referring to your ex. Renters also often get a bad rap for being more flighty than their homeowner peers. And it isn't completely unfounded. Nearly two-thirds of renters, about 64%, plan to settle down in a different city, according to an Apartment List report . So where do they want to go? And, perhaps more importantly, where do they want to leave? The rental website surveyed about 24,000 renters, nearly two-thirds of whom were millennials, and then dug into its own internal data for the report. Apartment List looked at 50 large metros across the country for the report. It turns out renters in the priciest metros on the coasts, such as New York and San Francisco, and in inland cities where costs are rising rapidly, like Denver and Austin, TX, are the most eager to move. Folks in colder climes where there aren't as many good- paying job opportunities , like Milwaukee...

Hysterical TILDA SWINTON ANSWERS AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST" src="https://newimages.bwwstatic.com/upload11/1673278/files/TildaSwinton1.jpg" width="250" style="float: left;" /> TILDA SWINTON ANSWERS AN AD ON CRAIGSLIST /by Byron Lane /directed by Tom Detrinis/ Celebration Theatre @ the Lex/through September 2, 2017. Byron Lane has written a brilliant tour de force for Tom Lenk as Oscar- winner Tilda Swinton . As cleverly written by Lane, sharply directed by Tom Detrinis, and played to perfection by Lenk; the heightened reality of Tilda Swinton graces the Celebration Theatre (landing from her home Jupiter) to research for her upcoming role that's sure to win Tilda her next Oscar. (How could she only have one? Even Monique has one!) Through some cosmic forces, Tilda comes to Walt's apartment answering a rental ad on "the List of Craig." Seems Walt's ex has placed the listing after moving out, but not before Walt has vacated. Play...

Houston- based developer Hines has completed construction of its 352- unit Meriel Marina Bay luxury apartment complex in Quincy and an extension of the waterfront development’s boardwalk. The complex built at the former Ocean Club consists of two 5-story buildings with garage parking and 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. Callahan Construction Managers is overseeing the project, which is 25 percent leased. The complex provides free resident shuttle service to the MBTA’s North Quincy station . Listed rents start at $2,191 for studio apartments. Managed by Bozzuto, the complex also contains one- through three-bedroom units, with monthly rents starting  at $2,471 for a one-bedroom and three- bedroom units starting at $5,111. Related articles: Tags: Callahan Construction Managers , Hines, Meriel Marina Bay

By Suzan Haskins, InternationalLiving.com A legendary Latin lover once gave some advice to a younger man. “You cannot make love to every beautiful woman you meet,” he said, “but oh, my son, at least you might try.” I was thinking about this…about love affairs…as I gazed across the rooftops of Casco Viejo, Panama’s historic quarter. Some are passionate and last a lifetime, some are fleeting, and some exist only in our minds. But no matter how strongly we feel them, we can’t act on every desire. For me, Casco Viejo is one that got away. That night, from the balustrade that lines the rooftop bar of the Tántalo Hotel, gazing across the red-tile roofs and past the whitewashed and pastel- hued stucco buildings to the shimmering bay, I felt more than a bit of remorse. The setting sun cast a silvery glow across the stone-paved streets below. It was that quiet, wistful time between the bustle of daytime activities and the raucous nighttime revelry that would soon descend…a time for reflec...

Sarah Lyon has lived in many gorgeous places, but her most recent move was back to a familiar landscape — the beautiful and bustling Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a quick trip from her family’s hometown in Maryland. As a successful writer, blogger, and higher education professional , you’d think Sarah would barely have time to keep her apartment clean and entertaining-ready — but that’s certainly not the case. Now that Sarah’s in her first non-studio apartment, she’s combining her old favorite finds with some amazing new pieces to create the home of our dreams. Check out Sarah’s amazing artwork collection , her enviable Craigslist finds , and her totally relatable girl -crush. Name: Sarah Lyon, Communications Associate and Blogger Age: 25 Square Footage:  650 Rent or Own : Rent City, State: Washington, D.C. Congratulations on a big move! You’ve moved several times after graduating from college. What brought you to each different city? Although I went to college in rural...

Katz’s Deli, the iconic New York deli, has been serving its customers for well over 100 years. Getty Images Elon Musk once compared building a business to “eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.” George Orwell, for his part, once described writing a book as a “bout with a long illness,” a sentiment that many entrepreneurs and creatives would agree with. The point is: No one would willingly subject themselves to any of the suffering that goes into building something if they thought their efforts were going to disappear with the wind. Yet the truth is, most businesses and most art does disappear. It might be easier than ever today to start a business—a few bucks on LegalZoom and you’re the CEO of a brand new LLC. What is still hard and what has always been hard it keeping your doors open, staying in business, and keeping customers happy over the long term will never be easy. In a world obsessed with the new and the trendy, we don’t tend to give enough credit to people do ma...