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| Square Feet: Westchester’s Cross County Shopping Center Gets a Makeover Thu, 17 May 2012 06:17:20 GMT At a busy intersection, the 58-year-old Cross Country Shopping Center withstood the recent recession, but is now trying to lure more upscale businesses and customers. |
| Developers Cease to Offer Condo Incentives Sat, 12 May 2012 20:13:14 GMT A lack of inventory is largely responsible for a decline in incentives to buy into new developments in New York. |
| Habitats: Habitats | The Fun Starts Here Wed, 16 May 2012 18:47:17 GMT Eric Zimmerman and Nathalie Pozzi live in a colorful apartment that reflects her architectural background and his career as a game designer. |
| Living Around | Madison Square Park: Madison Square Park/Living Around - A Square Comes Full Circle Sat, 12 May 2012 03:57:16 GMT In this part of Manhattan, once-commercial buildings are being transformed as residential real estate enjoys a back-to-the-future moment. |
| Square Feet: The Business of Retired Planes Attracts Investors Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:05 GMT Marana Aerospace Solutions in Arizona is one of a number of maintenance and repair operations where retired airliners are sent to be refurbished or broken up for scrap. |
| Frank Gehry’s Bid for Hong Kong Renters Tue, 15 May 2012 18:10:09 GMT Swire Properties has unveiled Frank Gehry’s new Opus Hong Kong — a 12-story apartment complex that is his first major project in Asia. |
| The Appraisal: Colin Beavan, Environmental Activist, Makes a Run for Congress Tue, 15 May 2012 19:10:02 GMT Colin Beavan, known for his No Impact Man project, is the Green Party candidate for a House seat in Brooklyn. |
| Big Deal: Big Deal - In Beverly Hills, Preservation Gains a Toehold Sat, 12 May 2012 04:22:01 GMT The impending demolition of a Richard Neutra home spurred the city to enact its first preservation rules earlier this year. |
| The Hunt: The Hunt - Can’t Get That Place Out of My Mind Sat, 12 May 2012 09:00:12 GMT Bruce David Martin wanted to return to Greenwich Village, but nothing he saw compared to his old apartment, which was on the market. |
| On the Market in New York City Fri, 11 May 2012 20:32:22 GMT A Chelsea loft, an Upper East Side co-op and a Bay Ridge 2-bedroom. |
| On the Market in the Region Fri, 11 May 2012 20:32:31 GMT A five-bedroom colonial in Pennington, N.J., and a six-bedroom colonial in Irvington, N.Y. |
| City Room: Big Ticket | Oprah Winfrey's Penthouse Sold for $7,750,000 Fri, 11 May 2012 19:13:33 GMT A penthouse owned by Oprah Winfrey was the biggest sale of the week in New York City. |
| The 30-Minute Interview : The 30-Minute Interview: Adam Ginsburg Wed, 16 May 2012 19:40:15 GMT Mr. Ginsburg, 46, is a co-chairman of GDC Properties, which specializes in retail and residential development. |
| Condo or Rental, It’s New in Dumbo Sat, 12 May 2012 09:00:07 GMT The neighborhood under the Manhattan Bridge is seeing a rush of development, with hundreds of rental and condo units in the pipeline. |
| Streetscapes | Central Park: Central Park/Streetscapes - Changing Times on the Reservoir Path Wed, 16 May 2012 20:38:35 GMT In the early years of Central Park, the dirt path around the reservoir — now commonly called the “runners’ track” — was mostly the domain of walkers — and very few of them, at that. |
| Mortgages: Mortgages - Shopping for Loans Online Sun, 13 May 2012 05:20:03 GMT Experts suggest that would-be borrowers begin the process by reading the fine print of each site they choose to work with. |
| In the Region | Long Island: Long Island | In the Region: Fill In the Blanks Thu, 10 May 2012 22:06:06 GMT Interactive virtual staging allows visitor to use “style designer” tools to “paint” and “decorate” a property that is actually empty. |
| In the Region | Westchester: Westchester/In the Region - Welcome-Home Houses Sun, 13 May 2012 05:48:10 GMT The Westchester affiliate of Habitat for Humanity is helping veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan to become homeowners. |
| In the Region | New Jersey: Rethinking the 55-Plus Market Thu, 10 May 2012 22:03:46 GMT These days, developers of age-restricted housing are trying to adjust to the changing realities of their pool of buyers. |
| New York Real Estate Question & Answer Sat, 12 May 2012 09:00:07 GMT Tourists flock to my building; will the rent be raised; co-op boards and trusts. |
| Habitat for Humanity Bets Big in Oregon Tue, 15 May 2012 19:08:28 GMT By betting big on property in a down market, and with the help of a donor network, the group is creating entire Habitat neighborhoods. |
| Deutsche Bank Settles U.S. Mortgage Suit Sun, 13 May 2012 21:00:05 GMT Deutsche Bank will pay the government $200 million to settle accusations that it misled the Department of Housing and Urban Development about the quality of mortgages that later defaulted. |
| Selling an Apartment With a Kitchen in Need of a Renovation Thu, 10 May 2012 20:30:03 GMT Our apartment has an old, awkward kitchen, but we don’t have the budget to renovate before selling. Should we get plans drawn up, so buyers can see what’s possible? |
| Consumer Agency to Propose Curbs on Origination Fees Thu, 10 May 2012 16:06:03 GMT The rules are designed to tackle origination fees, which vary widely depending on the amount of a loan. |
| On Location: An Octogenarian’s Modernist Dream Comes to Life Thu, 17 May 2012 08:01:24 GMT In Los Angeles, an octogenarian finally gets the modern home of her dreams. |
| Property Values: Real Estate for $700,000 Fri, 11 May 2012 18:38:44 GMT A house in Hawaii, a contemporary in Connecticut and a midcentury modern in Los Angeles. |
| International Real Estate: Real Estate in Sweden Wed, 16 May 2012 17:46:13 GMT The housing market is robust in Malmo as Sweden was left largely unscathed by global financial troubles. |
| On the Market in New York City Fri, 11 May 2012 20:32:27 GMT A Chelsea loft, an Upper East Side co-op and a Bay Ridge 2-bedroom. |
| On the Market in the Region Fri, 11 May 2012 20:32:24 GMT A five-bedroom colonial in Pennington, N.J., and a six-bedroom colonial in Irvington, N.Y. |
| Homes for $700,000 Wed, 09 May 2012 21:49:48 GMT Properties in Hawaii, Connecticut and Los Angeles. |
| Is It Better to Buy or Rent? Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:01:41 GMT Compare the cost of renting and buying equivalent homes. |
| The Founder of TreeHugger and His Apartment of the Future Thu, 17 May 2012 02:00:02 GMT It may be that the house of the future is an apartment in a century-old tenement building on Sullivan Street. |
| Design Notebook: Kips Bay Show House Reinvented in a High-Rise Thu, 17 May 2012 02:17:16 GMT This year’s show house is set in a modern Manhattan high-rise with sweeping views. |
| How to Tell if You’re Living an Over-Propped Life Thu, 17 May 2012 04:27:20 GMT If you own any of these items, you may be. |
| On Location: A San Francisco Couple Domesticates a Former Warehouse Thu, 17 May 2012 04:17:16 GMT In San Francisco, a couple domesticates a former warehouse. |
| Shopping With Paul Loebach: Benches — Shopping With Paul Loebach Thu, 17 May 2012 04:19:42 GMT A bench is the go-anywhere, do-anything of furniture. |
| Making a Bathroom Show Better Without Renovations - Market Ready Thu, 17 May 2012 02:30:02 GMT Are there inexpensive ways to make a bathroom show better, without renovating it? |
| Home and Garden Tours Around the Country Thu, 03 May 2012 17:30:03 GMT Across the country, spring tours give visitors a chance to inspect houses and visit interesting gardens. |
| Currents | Q&A: Billy Bob Thornton on His New Memoir, ‘The Billy Bob Tapes’ Thu, 17 May 2012 02:13:01 GMT If the actor’s new memoir reads as if he’s sitting around telling stories, it’s because it was written that way. |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.