Apartment City

RIO DE JANEIRO ― Seven years ago, Vila Autódromo was little more than a tranquil fishing village on the edge of Jacarepagua Lagoon, next to the racetrack for which it was named. Like the hundreds of other favelas that dot Rio de Janeiro ’s landscape, it had long been neglected by the city government , and it lacked many basic public services that are standard in the fast- growing wealthier neighborhoods just across the water. But to the more than 600 families that lived there, it was home. “This was a paradise,” said Luiz Cláudio Silva, who lived in Autódromo for more than 20 years. “I thought that I would live here for the rest of my life.” By the time the Rio Olympics are over, just 20 of the families who lived in Autódromo in 2009, the year the International Olympic Committee chose the city to host the games, will remain. The community, which sits less than a mile away from Rio’s Olympic Park, was crushed so that the city could build new access roads to connect Olympic venues . ...

proposed Easton Crosssing subdivision on Sport Hill Road ." width="800" height="518" /> An artist’s rending of the proposed Easton Crosssing subdivision on Sport Hill Road . Saddle Ridge Developers , LLC brought its attorney, architect, builders, engineers and an environmental scientist and sat opposite a team of town commissioners who fired off questions, while about 65 Easton residents watched , listened, and were eager to shoot off their opinions, albeit at a later hearing. The Planning and Zoning Commission and Conservation Commission held a special meeting at Helen Keller Middle School cafeteria Sept . 16 so a team of professionals could answer questions regarding the third revised development plan and application for the Saddle Ridge project , Easton Crossing . The proposed Easton Crossing would consist of 48 new houses built on one- to two-acre lots with 20 of the new houses containing a one- bedroom attached affordable apartment . In 2011, the...

NEW YORK, NY — It's one of the oldest rivalries in American migration: New York vs. Los Angeles. For the better part of a century, residents of the nation's two largest metro areas have been defending their chosen kingdom and dismissing the other on an endless loop of judginess between kitty-corner coasts. Ew, the traffic! But the sunshine! But the subway! But the garbage! But the skyline! But the coastline! But the bustle! But the chill! In this tireless war of words, a clear winner has yet to emerge. But it's harder to argue against the numbers. Thousands of working professionals have relocated to Los Angeles County from New York City in the past year and a half, according to a series of monthly "workforce reports" released this spring and summer by the job- networking site LinkedIn (and spotted by LA Weekly). And it's not exactly a two-way street. Since early 2016, according to LinkedIn, around seven or eight out of every 10, 000 site users in LA report...