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15 glorious aerial shots of Houston from back in the day

Livabl July 7, 2015

Everything really is bigger in Texas!
Mansion featured in ‘Mean Girls’ for sale in Toronto for $14.8 million

Kelsey Pudloski May 20, 2015

The Neoclassical solid stone estate is listed at $14.8 million and includes six bedrooms and fourteen bathrooms.
Bridgit mobile app improves efficiency at construction sites by recording deficiencies

Kelsey Pudloski May 5, 2015

Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Hasegawa haven’t just cracked the glass ceiling, they’re about to shatter it.
The surprising truth about Scientology’s ever-expanding collection of real estate

Kelsey Pudloski April 18, 2015

Why is the Church of Scientology sitting on so many historic, unoccupied buildings?
Greetings from the Windy City: 13 vintage postcards of Chicago buildings and streets

Monika Warzecha April 17, 2015

From Marshall Field Apartments to the Tribune Tower, a view of the city in the 1930s and 1940s
New seven-story, 75-unit Williamsburg project planned for 94 North 3rd Street

Joyce Chen and Livabl March 31, 2015

The mixed-use development will consist of two connected buildings fronting North 3rd Street and Metropolitan Avenue, with a landscaped courtyard in between.
LIC hotel development site at 38-60 11th Street on the market for $1.75 million

Joyce Chen and Livabl March 31, 2015

At least three new hospitality projects with 275 rooms total have been proposed for the immediate vicinity.
Airbnb will let you sleep in Warren Buffett’s childhood bedroom for free

Joyce Chen and Livabl March 17, 2015

The winner of an Airbnb contest will get to stay three nights at the three-bedroom home where Buffett launched his first business as a boy.
Duplex penthouse at The Greenwich Lane in contract for $45 million

Joyce Chen and Livabl March 16, 2015

So far, 80 percent of the project’s 200 units are in contract, with an average price of $3,183 per square foot.
Mystery Tribeca/Chinatown project 84-86 White Street launches as luxury rentals

Joyce Chen and Livabl March 12, 2015

The site was formerly a parking lot, on one of the blocks that went through the controversial Chinatown rezoning in 2008.
A short history of the widow’s walk, a forlorn feature of coastal New England architecture

Kelsey Pudloski March 7, 2015

Its true function may be more practical than poetic.
The rise and fall of the mail-order house

Monika Warzecha March 5, 2015

A look back to an era where you could send away for a kit with all the materials for building your own home.
A history of San Francisco, as told by 19 vintage postcards from the 1900s-1970s

Joyce Chen and Livabl February 19, 2015

The first real City Hall was shoddily built, and Market Street aims straight at a Spanish boob joke.
15 vintage Washington, DC postcards of historic sites and lesser known marvels

Monika Warzecha February 17, 2015

From the Washington monument to the district’s biggest drug store, a look at vintage DC postcards.
Here’s the largest penthouse at 11 Beach Street in Tribeca, asking $22.5M

Joyce Chen and Livabl February 11, 2015

Built in 1910, the 10-story loft building was converted by HFZ Capital Group into 27 three- to five-bedroom residences.
Cary Tamarkin-designed 10 Sullivan in Soho lets out $45M triplex penthouse

Joyce Chen and Livabl February 6, 2015

Clocking in at 8,360 square feet, six bedrooms and 7.5 baths, the tapered spread will be the highest residence in Soho.