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The South End of Stamford, Conn.: Master-Planned With Luxury Rentals, and Lots of Pets
Over the past 13 years, the South End of Stamford, Conn., a 322-acre peninsula on Long Island Sound, has gained…
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Source of Mysterious Gas Leak Explosion in Canadian Town Stumps Officials
WHEATLEY, Ontario — Electricity is cut off. Guards sit in cars on every corner. Hundreds of people are out of…
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Britain Puts Onus on Developers to Pay to Fix Fire Safety Issues
LONDON — Britain’s housing secretary announced plans on Monday to overhaul the government’s approach to building safety issues across England…
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Protests Over Gas Prices Rage On in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW — Thousands of people returned to the streets across Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a fourth straight day of demonstrations…
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Suspect in Fire at South African Parliament to Appear in Court
CAPE TOWN — A day after a fire ripped through South Africa’s Houses of Parliament, books and bookshelves were still…
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Safety Issues and Defects of Troubled Supertall Tower Are ‘Vastly Exaggerated,’ Developer Says
The sponsor that developed 432 Park Avenue, the supertall condo tower in Midtown Manhattan whose residents have complained about numerous…
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Downtown Brooklyn: A Neighborhood ‘in the Middle of Everything’
For years, St. John Frizell would take his son to school in Downtown Brooklyn and feel “confused” by the neighborhood’s…
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In One Queens Building, the Third Apartment Is the Charm (for Now)
Isaac Goldberg was working on the 2014 re-election campaign of Representative Steve Israel, Democrat of Huntington, N.Y., when he decided…
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27 Feared Dead in Suspected Arson at Office Building in Japan
TOKYO — Twenty-seven people were feared dead in a fire on Friday that burned through the fourth floor of a…
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Getting Packages in My Building Is Chaotic. What Can I Do?
Q: The package situation in my co-op feels chaotic. We have a doorman, who attends to the lobby, but if…
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