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Surge in efforts to landmark Chicago’s historic Black homes

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 11:00 AM PDT

Chicago is seeing a surge in efforts to landmark homes with a connection to Black history. Such efforts are underway for seven Chicago homes once owned by historical Black figures, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. All seven of the properties in some stage of landmarking could become museums. Some are the former homes of historical figures, including the Woodlawn two-flat where Emmett Till lived and a North Kenwood home owned by blues great Muddy Waters.

400-year-old Tuscan villa hits the auction block this month

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Miss the chance to scoop up this Tuscan villa and it could be centuries before it hits the market again. After 400 years in the hands of the Cecchi de’Rossi family, Villa Guardatoia and a nearby farmhouse, Casa Natalino, are set to hit the auction block starting June 24 with no reserve. Concierge Auctions is managing the auction. Set on 18.5 acres in the hills of Tuscany near the city of Pescia, the main house,

Water tower-turned-home on the Pacific offered for $5M

Posted: 13 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

One of Orange County’s most unusual homes is hitting the market. Seal Beach’s landmarked water tower house is asking just under $5 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. The property last sold in 2016 for $1.5 million. The water tower at 1 Anderson itself was erected in the 1940s by the Santa Fe Tank & Pipe Company, but by the 1980s had fallen into disrepair and was facing demolition. A group of locals organized

UK hospitality employers could cut half a million jobs

Posted: 12 Jun 2021 09:00 AM PDT

Britain’s largest hotel lobby warned that employers may cut half a million jobs when the government ends its wage support program. A representative for UK Hospitality told Parliament on Monday that its members owe around $132 million in back taxes and owe landlords roughly $5.1 billion, according to Bloomberg News. The government’s furlough program has helped draw investment to the United Kingdom’s pub and bar sector. “All it takes is one landlord to be recalcitrant

Iggy Azalea feuds with her new neighbor in Hidden Hills

Posted: 12 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

Iggy Azalea has been at her new home in Hidden Hills for no more than a week and already is feuding with a neighbor. The Australian rapper paid $5.2 million for a 1960s home in the neighborhood last week, according to Dirt, and has started renovating. Her neighbor apparently doesn’t like the work. Azalea, 31, gave her side of the story on Twitter. Day 1 living in my new house and my bored housewives ass