For two years, James Valdez lived in his S.U.V., so it was a relief when he moved into Branford Village, a community of tiny homes, in Los Angeles. And then the flood came. And then another. During the first flood in August 2023, the water rose to the steering wheel of his S.U.V. Six months…
Many firearm owners in the United States do not securely store their guns, even when the weapon is kept loaded and there are children in the home, according to a report released on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report, which relied on data from 2021 and 2022 from eight states,…
Later, the discovery of Amazonian oil reserves generated an economic boom beginning in the 1970s that helped establish Ecuador as a beacon of relative peace on a troubled continent. But two decades of rampant inflation followed, leading in 2000 to the center-right government’s replacement of the national currency with the American dollar. Between 1998, as…
Voula | €1.3 million ($1.41 million) A terraced, two-level Athens Riviera penthouse with sea, sunset and city views. This three-bedroom, three-bath apartment is on the top two floors of a modern five-story building midway between Glyfada and Voula, two development hot spots on the 37-mile strip dubbed the Athens Riviera for its Aegean coast setting….
If Indiana Jones took a turn toward the elegant and developed an obsession with textiles, he might be a bit like Louis Barthélemy, the French illustrator and designer who travels to Africa and the Middle East to work with weavers and craftspeople who are skilled in traditional techniques. Ishkar, a London-based company that collaborates with…
La Villette | €1.39 million ($1.5 million) A two-bedroom, two-bath industrial loft entered through a private courtyard near the Canal de l’Ourcq This two-bedroom loft is in the vibrant La Villette district, formerly a neighborhood of slaughterhouses in northeast Paris that has been undergoing redevelopment since the 1980s. The 136-acre La Villette Park, with concert…
Nunhead Green | £795,000 ($1.01 million) A semi-attached, renovated two-bedroom, one-bath Victorian cottage with a contemporary interior and front and rear gardens. This updated house, with a traditional Victorian exterior and contemporary interior, is on a quiet street in Southeast London’s Nunhead Green Conservation Area, close to a small village area with a new community…
Who says you have to live in one place? Maybe a few tiny homes would be preferable. That’s what Robert Losonsky and Edith Wassenaar discovered when they traded a typical home in the Netherlands for several smaller ones, adopting a peripatetic lifestyle — one that prioritizes activities like surfing over work — in the process….
Los Angeles | $2.2 Million A three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom storybook cottage built in 1926, on a 0.1-acre lot This house is in the hills above Laurel Canyon, less than a five-minute drive from Hollywood Boulevard and less than 10 minutes from the nightlife on the Sunset Strip. It is also close to Canyon Country Store, a…
