Hints and tips:
...I have around £50,000 worth of Lego stashed in my house, my parents' house, and my university accommodation, which the mother's not as happy as I am....
...But then you notice the discreet pedestals at each end of the installation, created by Los Angeles based PlayLab, Inc. Each showcases four “historiated sculptures” encased in glass....
...With 19 galleries in seven countries, bricks and mortar are hardly an issue for Larry Gagosian....
...This was once a neighbourhood of breweries and their building was just that....
...Kevin Carter, a young Silicon Valley venture capitalist who is also the founder of the brewery, gave me a tour of his latest venture. The red-brick hotel is small but beautiful....
...Here three towers have sprouted in a mellower version of standard Leeds red brick: one houses the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, the other two apartment blocks, and there are bars and shops to cater to them...
...There’s ample to explore among the sprawling 13 acres of cobbled lanes and red-brick heritage buildings....
...In London’s East End, off Brick Lane, dotted with bagel bakeries, curry houses and designer chocolate shops, Gilbert & George are converting a brewery into the Gilbert & George Centre....
...And now that buyers have been able to visit and view finished properties, they have been more inclined to splash out on the Power Station development’s high-end flats....
...I first saw Drummond perform a year ago, at a small low-lit bar in Flatbush, Brooklyn, called The Zombie House....
...The restaurant had a choice of eight, all produced locally by craft breweries and sold in hip bottles. Mine had a hint of honey and was deliciously fizzy....
...The company owns portions of other listed vehicles that house infrastructure, renewable energy and industrial private equity investment businesses, stakes that total about $24bn....
...The site, called Belgrove House, is at present occupied by low-rise brick buildings which are due to be demolished....
...The British also tend to prefer older houses with thin brick walls, sash windows and limited insulation. These are ingrained consumer habits....
...The world’s biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer reported strong third quarter sales and raised its full-year outlook....
...For some, a houseboat is primarily an economical alternative to bricks and mortar....
...I ordered a couple of pints of Little Creatures pale ale from the rotating selection of craft beers, most of them from London breweries....
...The nicest houses in the poshest areas, he noted, always seemed to place the minimum orders for the cheapest grub....
...It was only a matter of time until she founded a gallery: Newlands House, a distinguished 18th-century red-brick townhouse containing a dozen airy rooms, some splendid and corniced, others beamed and rustic...
...On April 10, 2019 it was reopened by the charity Girls Inc as a house for troubled women too old for foster care but young enough still to need a supportive home....
...Stonegate’s latest accounts show that while it has “operated” Cubitt House’s six London pubs, it doesn’t own Cubitt House....
...companies have taken a huge hit during the coronavirus pandemic, with government-imposed lockdowns and the shift to working from home dramatically reducing occupancy in offices, as well as footfall across brick...
...They’re used to buying things without ever having to leave their house.”...
...The industry is finally shifting online and, while it will need to retain its “bricks and clicks” model and keep showrooms open, not so many will be needed....
...At the slightest hint of instability, wouldn’t we all flee the bricks and mortar world (or its e-based successors) for the Fed? My head starts to spin. But the world also keeps spinning....
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