From Real Estate History
On 5 July 1969, Walter Gropius, one of the most influential figures in modern architecture, urban planning and real estate design, passed away in Boston. Gropius was a German born ......
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In the history of France, a draft resolution addressing the legally enforceable right to housing for ordinary citizens was formally presented to the cabinet on 17 January 2007. Th......
Read More →On November 20, 1984, the Shenzhen Municipal Government enacted the Bao’an Coastal Urban Greenline Ordinance, a pioneering environmental-urban regulation designed to preserve ecolo......
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On November 14, 1884, New York State legislature passed the Tenement House Act, a landmark legislation aimed at improving the dreadful living conditions in immigrant tenements. The......
Read More →On November 6, 1853, the French Emperor Napoleon III appointed Baron Georges Eugène Haussmann as Prefect of the Seine, launching one of the most transformative urban redevelopment ......
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The acquisition of land for the Model Town Society was one of the most remarkable and spirited chapters in its early history. Dewan Khem Chand and his...
Between 1921 and 1924, the land for Model Town Lahore was acquired in successive phases. The process began in 1921, shortly after the establishment of...