For bad credit car dealers, bad credit car loans continue to be amazingly profitable. Lots of car finance agencies are attempting to take advantage of the recklessness of individuals who have below-average credit.
City seeks to trim bridge
When architects were designing the new Owens Corning world headquarters in downtown Toledo, a 1920s bridge and its unique trusses were seen as a historic structure worthy of saving.
We treated it like a piece of sculpture that serves as a great gateway piece to Owens Corning, said Mark Shoemaker, the principal architect in charge of the project.
But now more than 15 years after the companys facility was designed the city wants to remove a portion of that same bridge, citing it as an eyesore and costly to maintain.
Deputy Mayor Tom Crothers said the city hopes to remove the older, top part of the structure, though not the deck and railing portion, which are newer, having...
Column: ‘Time Travelers’ Visit Historic Homes
Column: Time Travelers Visit Historic Homes
Long Valley resident MaryLynn Schiavi explains her journey of preparing for the Historic Homes tour.
Wausau to unveil riverfront development concepts; open house Monday
City of Wausau officials and a team of architects and graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Monday will present development concepts for 16 acres of riverfront property in the city.
The city in June 2011 purchased the 16 acres between Bridge and Scott streets for $2.6 million. Later that month, the citys Planning Department held a day of roundtable design discussions, also known as charrettes, to generate ideas on how to develop the property.
The team from Community Design Solutions, which is part of the UW-Milwaukees School of Architecture and Urban Planning, also attended the meeting to gather land use ideas generated by roundtable participants....
Urban planning gains sustainability edge
Abu Dhabi: Residents of future urban infrastructure projects in Abu Dhabi will enjoy the cool shade of trees near their residential buildings and intersections where they wait to cross the road.
Landscaping in future projects will be in places where people frequent, a senior official told Gulf News yesterday.
It will also save a lot of water used for irrigation, said Humaid Al Hammadi, associate planner, Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC).
According to Abu Dhabi 2030 plan, the emirates population is expected to grow from the current 1.6 million to about 3 million in 2030.
CBS News: Reverse Mortgages Work If You’re Hell Bent on Staying at Home
CBS News Jill on Money featured a recent podcast segment presenting Jill Schlesingers take on reverse mortgages in response to a question from a listener whose mother is considering one of the loans.
While she says they can be expensive, Schlesinger notes that reverse mortgages can be a viable option for seniors who are hell bent on staying in their homes.
Reverse mortgages are good, she says, for those who are on a fixed income and whose home is their biggest asset. The younger you are, the less effective a reverse mortgage is, she says, noting that the amount that can be borrowed depends on age and appraised value.
Algae Retrofits Absorb Urban C02
At the moment a lot of architectural work has been going into creating buildings, spaces and technologies that do not produce carbon emissions as a way to halt the effect of climate change. In the context of urban planning, vertical forests, vertical farming and green roofs have made their way into our cities and offer a way for us to limit the amount of carbon we emit, promote green spaces and shorten the journey between produce and plate.
Going one step further, the latest concept from the US architectural firm Influx_Studio is offering to actually reverse the amounts of carbon in our atmosphere.
Simply by retrofitting.
The architectural firm has taken on the city...
Vote for heritage over real estate
What I must question is: What does this defense have to do with the historical significance and proposed desecration of the property in question?
But I have other questions, including: What happened to the due diligence of the Historic Commission in researching and studying the issues raised by the Society? Did the Commission read and consider the APBB study? With all property owned by the institute, why must this real estate development take place on this historic site? What consideration was given by the IAS to the implications of this real estate development on land critically important to American history and heritage? (This was one of the reasons for the APBB study, which confirmed...
The West Ocala district struggles to find its way
We have lost a few, said Tye Chighizola, the citys growth management director, about a number of historic homes. A lot of them cant be saved. They are beyond being able to save them.
As a result, a number of homes have been torn down and replicas have been built in their place.
We always knew it was a challenge to save the houses, especially if they were not occupied or in such bad condition, Chighizola said. Some of the houses have been saved.
The West Ocala District received its National Register Historic District designation for 104 structures, including Howard Academy, in June 2002.
Like most historic districts, the boundaries are jagged.
In general,...
Jungman files for Ward 4
NORMAN Greg Jungman of 624 S. Lahoma Avenue, announced his candidacy for the Ward 4 of the
Norman City Council.
Jungman and his wife, Julie, along with their two children are 10-year residents of Norman’s Historic neighborhoods. Jungman is known for staying closely involved in community issues having made presentations before the Historic Commission, Planning Commission, and the City Council.
In response to the most important question: why are you running for city council? Jungman said, “I believe in Norman. We are a great community, and great communities do great things. I want to be at the table when those decisions are made. I want my friends and neighbors...
Will the fast show go on?
The mortgage industry is confident that some form of fast-track mortgages will survive the mortgage market review despite FSA proposals to ban them.
Fast-track mortgages are loans where a lender reserves the right to request evidence of income during the application process but does not always do so because they may consider the customer to be low risk.
The regulator is concerned these types of loans could be used to bypass income and affordability requirements and is planning to ban them, along with self-certification mortgages, as part of the MMR, which could be introduced in the summer of 2013. The FSA says lenders will have to verify income in all cases.
Much...