Archive for September, 2009
A tiny Louisville church’s newest minister is a gifted music leader and popular among its three dozen members.
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Is New York City’s housing market finally seeing an upswing? A new study suggests the answer is yes. The Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller Home Price Index, which measures U.S. home prices in leading cities, finds that home prices in New York City are on the rise for the third consecutive month.
Evac+Chair North America, LLC Reminds the Public of the Importance of Emergency Evacuation Procedures and Devices During Campus Fire Safety Month in September. Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks, and Fire Safety Month in October, Bring Necessity for Emergency Evacuation Chairs to Forefront of Safety and Rescue in Multi-Story Buildings. (PRWeb Sep 29, 2009)
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Sales success positions New Home Star as Raleigh market leader in first month of North Carolina expansion. New Home Star sales and marketing outsourcing continues to prove effective for home builders and developers across North America. (PRWeb Sep 29, 2009)
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PAC HEIGHTS: Boarded up for months and only a few feet away from the “revitalized” Fillmore, Esrik Cleaners at 2429 California St shows no sign of reopening. Or no sign of anything, really: all of the permits posted on the plywood have either expired or are almost entirely blank. Who’s minding the shop over there, anyway?
LOWER HAIGHT: A reader writes, “I’ve been watching the slow transformation take place at 350 Divisadero (between Oak and Page), yet there have been no hints as to what will be opening at this address. Perhaps a store or restaurant?” Building permit says the former pot dispensary shall become… “health studios & gym”! Small gym, if you ask us. [Curbed Inbox]
Fairies and goblins have made fodder for urban metaphors before, but we can’t help wondering if a new fantasy novel veers into territory that’s a little more literal than usual: “Faerie San Francisco feels like a real city, and it’s not hard to imagine that mythical creatures and magical glamours lurk in every alley in SOMA and behind every tree in Golden Gate Park, and super-powerful mystical forces are living in rent-controlled apartments in the Tenderloin.” Those super-powerful mysticals, always working the system. [io9]