Posts with tag pittsburgh

Google Fined $1 for Trespassing

Google has to pay $1 in damages as a result of the driver of one of its Street View cars trespassing on the private property of a Pittsburgh-area couple by driving the vehicle equipped with panaromic cameras about the length of three football fields down a gravel driveway. The driver went past the "No Trespassing Private... Continue Reading »

Downsizing: How to Live in a Small Space with Less

How does one move from 5,100 square feet to 600 and still function? Attorney Glen Ackerman, who, when he moved from his large Pittsburgh home to his tiny one-bedroom Washington, D.C. condo started over with nothing but his clothes and a few books, will tell you "live only with the necessities," according to the Washington... Continue Reading »

Guggenheim Director Rents 'Modest' NY Digs

I've always wondered what it's like to work in a museum and be surrounded all day by beautiful art and objects and then go home to something perhaps less inspiring. Depends, I guess, on where you live and where you are on the museum totem pole. While curators earn on average between $40,000 and $60,000 annually, many... Continue Reading »

Bank Wrongly Seizes Home, Takes Parrot

Oops, they did it again! Bank of America wrongly seized a Pittsburgh home that it mistakenly targeted for foreclosure. This time, it took the parrot, too. The bank released a public apology on Wednesday to Pittsburgh resident Angela Iannelli for wrongly seizing her home and snatching her beloved pet parrot last October,... Continue Reading »

Insiders' Tips on Top Housing Markets

The top two housing markets in the nation right now are.... drumroll, please... Pittsburgh, PA and Louisville, KY. So says MSNBC. Both cities have what a bunch of others do not: middle class affordability, low numbers of foreclosures, and stable pricing that indicates the market is neither too hot, nor too cold, but a... Continue Reading »

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