Bethany Erickson
Sometimes our Sunday Historical Shelter has an intriguing backstory, but sometimes — as is the case this week’s Tampa Mediterranean bungalow — it was picked because it is just simply adorable. The home sits in Seminole Heights, which is a historic Tampa neighborhood and district chock-a-block full of historic bungalows and buildings. One of Tampa’s…
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Money can’t buy you love, but it could buy you an address next to Sir Paul McCartney, provided you have roughly $18 million in your pocket. The six-bedroom, five-bath Victorian sits what realty firm Arlington Residential calls “one of the finest streets in St. John’s Wood,” and boasts 5,360 square feet of living space and…
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Amber and Derek Curry bought their Conifer, Colorado, mountain home for their family — but now that they’ve decided to put it on the market, it could also make someone a great (and stunning) second home. About an hour or so from Denver (which means day trips for fun are easy), the land (and mountains…
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When William Lightfoot Price bought 80 acres from the estate of Antrim Osborne in 1901 in the name of the Rose Valley Association, it was with the aim of creating a home for artists and craftsmen. Our historical shelter today came to our attention thanks to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and sits in…
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Singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie’s Florida compound could be yours. Arlo Guthrie, much like his father Woody, is known for writing music with a socially conscious bent, including one of his better-known songs, the nearly 20-minute protest song, “Alice’s Restaurant,” where he sang, “You can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant,” before launching into a story…
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Back in the day, the Eagle Warehouse & Storage Company building in what is now the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn was state of the art — boasting fireproof vaults in the basement that stored silverware. Built in 1984, and designed by premier architect Frank Freeman, the warehouse was on the site of the Brooklyn Eagle…
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