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(WSB photo: Tents and tiny houses at Camp Second Chance) By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor The Camp Second Chance residents who gathered Wednesday afternoon to hear from city reps and their future fiscal agent/operator had one main question: Will they be allowed to keep their self-imposed rules under new management – particularly, no drugs and alcohol? They did not get an immediate commitment from Sharon Lee of the Low- Income Housing Institute , which is expected to assume the city contract that is currently held by Patacara Community Services , withdrawing from its management of the city- sanctioned camp after questions about the status of privately donated money , as first reported here last Friday. At multiple times during Wednesday’s meeting, held under a canopy on the camp’s fenced site at the city-owned Myers Way Parcels , Lee said it was too soon for her to be able to say how things will work once her organization takes over, expected to happen at the start of Septe...

East Seventh Street ."> East Seventh Street ." /> A row of buildings on East Seventh Street . View Full Caption Landmarks Preservation Commission MANHATTAN —  Millennials, be forewarned before moving to the Big Apple: You'll need a roommate, you'll likely pay at least $1,000 a month, and don't bet on settling in Manhattan. Nearly 72 percent of Millennials shared their home with someone other than their partner in 2016, according to a report from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer . And now is the time of year that many of these young New Yorkers are searching for new digs. The third week of August tends to the busiest single week for renters because of the flood of college students coming to New York and recent grads starting new jobs in September, according to the roommate- search app SpareRoom . The city’s streets around universities such as NYU, Columbia and Barnard will soon be cordoned off on Aug. 27 for the annual rite of “move-in day,” wh...

25th August 2017 For International Dog Day (Aug 26), why not Introduce your furry companion to the sophisticated delights of the continent with a canine city break in these dog-friendly cities? They’ll be made to feel right at home. 1: Paris, France Dog in front of the Eiffel Tower (Dreamstime) Dogs are a ubiquitous part of daily life in Paris. They can be seen accompanying their owners to the best restaurants, the most exclusive boutiques and in taxis, buses and on the Metro across the capital. It’s almost like they're humans.That's certainly the way their owners treat them. That’s not to say there aren’t rules about where pets can and can't go in Paris. It's just that Parisians ignore them. For example, large dogs are banned from riding the Metro, but locals with large hounds simply avoid travelling during rush hours. Use your common sense and you’ll likely be fine too. For a dog-friendly hotel with a heartwarming tale, try Le Meurice . Workers adopted a local...

The long retail spine of Sydney Road, Brunswick, just north of Melbourne's CBD, was once a prosperous trading outpost on the way to the goldfields. These days it's a bohemian mix of variety stores, op shops, halal butchers and Lebanese bakeries. Take a side street to the west, however, and a different picture emerges. Sandwiched between Sydney Road and the Upfield train line is an area undergoing rapid and widespread transformation. Light industry is fast being replaced by mid- rise apartment buildings , their inhabitants attracted by the short commute into town and cheaper prices than in the city's south-east. The quality of these units is, on the whole, depressingly bad; think poor ventilation and bedrooms that "borrow" natural light (a weasel word for being dark and windowless). The occasional jazzy façade tries feebly to make up for otherwise cheap construction amid a chorus of greys. At ground level, carpark roller doors alternate with mean pocket garden...

The long retail spine of Sydney Road, Brunswick, just north of Melbourne's CBD, was once a prosperous trading outpost on the way to the goldfields. These days it's a bohemian mix of variety stores, op shops, halal butchers and Lebanese bakeries. Take a side street to the west, however, and a different picture emerges. Sandwiched between Sydney Road and the Upfield train line is an area undergoing rapid and widespread transformation. Light industry is fast being replaced by mid- rise apartment buildings , their inhabitants attracted by the short commute into town and cheaper prices than in the city's south-east. The quality of these units is, on the whole, depressingly bad; think poor ventilation and bedrooms that "borrow" natural light (a weasel word for being dark and windowless). The occasional jazzy façade tries feebly to make up for otherwise cheap construction amid a chorus of greys. At ground level, carpark roller doors alternate with mean pocket garden...