The Oktoberfest season is upon us and lucky for one Denver couple, they have to go no further than their basement to get a taste of Bavarian style. That doesn't mean their lowest level is finished in anything resembling the baroque, rococo, medieval or even Romanesque architecture you would find in Bavaria -- Germany's largest federal state. This is America people. No. The original owners of the 1908 Denver square painted ...

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I have mixed feelings about the LaRonda Mansion, a 17,500 square-foot behemoth built in the late 1920s in Bryn Mawr, Penn., for leather tanning magnate Percival E. Foerderer. Despite a passionate campaign to save the 51-room Spanish Gothic/Mediterranean-style house, it looks as though it will be torn down, according a recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer. On Sept. 16, the Inquirer reported that owner Arthur J. Kania "sent in an architectural-salvage crew ...

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Chicago is an old city that boasts many wonderful historic neighborhoods, including Hyde Park, home to the University of Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry … and President Barack Obama. This week, a stately home neighboring the Obama family residence at 5040 South Greenwood Ave., went up for sale; although a price is not listed, real estate pros estimate the price tag between $1 million and $2.5 million. The 6,000-square-foot ...

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