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[scotchandcigar]

Elon Musk could buy one of these in each day of 2024, and he'd still have like $100 billion left.

 

[HecticArt]

It's got location and view, but it's boring as hell for that kind of coin.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Yesterday, I got an unexpected biography of architect Philip Johnson from Rachel Maddow. I guess he was a Nazi sympathizer. I'm wondering how he's regarded by other architects.

 

[Channel98]

In 1890, Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York. In 2024, we can see how the wealthiest one percent live – and I wonder if these overpaid celebrities are happier than the people who lived in those tenements.

The Most Luxurious Houses of the Stars

https://thedoctornews.com/trending/the-most-luxurious-houses-of-the-stars-taylor-swift-bd/7

 

[JHDK]

City where luxury homes cost LESS than average property nationwide

A charming Midwest city's luxury real estate market is continuing to offer homebuyers brilliant bargains despite soaring property prices around the country.

www.dailymail.co.uk

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Toledo has the cheapest fancy houses. Clearly it's due to the type of riff raff that live in that town and their local architects.

 

[HecticArt]

Meanwhile; fancy houses in Florida.......


I've been telling you for a long time now that Toledo has a lot going for it.
The cost of living is great, no hurricanes, earthquakes, flying cockroaches, very few 100 degree + days, and no droughts.

I really question that only 5% of the houses out there cost more than $336k.
My house is pretty modest, but whenever I look to see what's available in neighborhoods I'm interested in, they tend to be closer to the national average or above.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Or for a million dollars in Glendale, you can get this 900 Sq ft, 100 year old house.

 

[Channel98]

I like this rock house at 3620 Angelus Avenue in north Glendale. It was built in 1931, has three bedrooms and two bathrooms and is on the market for $1,589,000 – but anyonme who would pay that much for a house in Glendale must have rocks in his head.

 

[Aaron]

Or for a million dollars in Glendale, you can get this 900 Sq ft, 100 year old house.

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You can buy a much larger house for a lot less if you can hack hurricanes and coastal erosion.

 

[HecticArt]

That's freaking ridiculous.

My boring house would go for $7-10,000,000 in Glendale.
No clue how people can afford that.

 

[semipenguin]

I don’t know if anyone has seen the underground tunnels they are building at the Fareo Islands. This is pretty awesome

 

[HecticArt]

That's really cool!

I had no idea the Faroe Islands were that amazing looking, or had so few people living there.

 

[Aaron]

Paul Reubens' Real-Life Playhouse in Los Feliz Now Available for $5M

Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, added vintage wallpaper to the bar, yellow Formica countertops in the kitchen, and an enclosed cat patio.

www.realtor.com

Less zany than I expected his home might be.

 

[HecticArt]

Nice bones and views.
The finishes look like they all need to be updated though.

 

[sadchild]

Got a movie room?

 

[scotchandcigar]

Paul Reubens' Real-Life Playhouse in Los Feliz Now Available for $5M

Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, added vintage wallpaper to the bar, yellow Formica countertops in the kitchen, and an enclosed cat patio.

www.realtor.com

Less zany than I expected his home might be.

It looks like mid-century modern, which fits his from-the-50's character.

 

[HecticArt]

Got a movie room?

Iew....

 

[sadchild]

"The floors all sticky from the buttery popcorn."

"We don't serve popcorn."

 

[HecticArt]

I mean.....if he did it at a Disney matinee, I could understand people getting upset, but who the hell do they think people are bothering rubbin one out at the smut shows?

 

[HecticArt]

Gargoyles are a thing of the past.
They are from a long long time ago.
Sort of.

Built in the 1980's, the Washington National Cathedral features a gargoyle that looks like Darth Vader.
Darth Vader grotesque - Wikipedia

Gargoyles, or grotesques, were used as a way to get rain water away from the face of buildings to prevent water damage to the masonry. Water would shoot out of their mouths or whatever.

Gargoyles have a history of having some silly images. Masons would sometimes sculpt themselves, The Woolworth Building in New York has a gargoyle of Cass Gilbert, the architect, in the lobby. I think the masons would get bored and sculpt things that they thought were too high for people to notice as a joke.

This may be on the exam. Please study chapters 4 thru 7 tonight.
Class dismissed.