The 234 Apartment

By the dawn’s early light, I searched the kitchen of Donald Trump’s childhood home in Queens for a coffee mug. There were none to be found, so I drank my coffee from a President Donald J. Trump Childhood Home insignia water glass and fixed myself a bowl of Wheaties from one of the five boxes on the counter. It had been a restless night. I had fallen asleep in the bedroom where, according to a plaque on the wall, “ President Donald J. Trump was likely conceived.” I awoke Sunday in the darkness feeling as if I’d been chasing a ghost. President Donald Trump in his childhood home in Queens." /> A cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump in his childhood home in Queens. Photo: New York Times. New York City practically abounds in presidential dwellings. There’s the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace in Manhattan, where young Teddie’s red velvet reading chair is on display. There are several unremarkable apartments where Barack Obama lived as a Columbia University undergraduat...

Jorge M. Perez and his Related Group are bullish on Tampa Bay. How bullish? Some $350 million worth. That's how much the Miami-based company has invested so far in the area, particularly in the city of Tampa. "We love cities, and this is a can-do city," says Perez, who founded Related in 1979 and built it into one of the nation's largest real estate conglomerates . PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Related Group breaks ground on complex at old Tampa Tribune site Perez was in Tampa on Wednesday for the official groundbreaking of Manor Riverwalk, Related's 400- unit luxury apartment project where the Tampa Tribune once stood; and a visit to the site of Town Westshore, where Related plans 396 apartments in the Westshore Marina District near the Gandy Bridge. The company also expects to start construction in September on the 368-unit Icon St. Petersburg in the city's Edge District, and is lead developer on Tampa's $750- million West River redevelopment . In an interv...

After decades hoping for an event like the one held yesterday at Gosling Meadows in Portsmouth, two cops who spent their formative years in the development got to party with residents and provide some tasty barbecue. Ken Tilley and Mike McNeil rolled up in the Soul Patrol food truck to participate in the family event coordinated by Jason Corkum and Marcy Baer, who spent months planning and weeks renovating the recreation areas inside the neighborhood. The event included a basketball tournament, face painting and a raffle for the youngest participants. Everything just came together, said Corkum, even the weather cooperated. Check out story, photos and all the people and businesses to thank for supporting the celebration. Portsmouth packs ‘em in And I’m not talking about tourists. There’s been a steady stream of applications for the development of accessory dwelling units , according to city Planning Director Juliet Walker . People either really love their in-laws, or are looking fo...

There are three women sitting in a small apartment in Glenwood Springs . They’re calm, but all fight back tears . “I just don’t want him taken away,” said Aeeilyn Villacara, 19. One morning in late July, Villacara and her boyfriend, 26-year-old Adan Serrano ,  were leaving their apartment. They were almost to their car when they were surrounded by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Villacara watched as they led Serrano away in handcuffs. As the women sit together, he’s being held at a detention center in Aurora.   Adan’s sisters, Glenda and Sandra Serrano, sit across from Villacara. They’re scared and anxious, but not surprised. “Obviously, we came here illegally,” said Sandra Serrano. “I feel like it’s bad to say this, but it’s the truth.”   Adan Serrano was 16 when he arrived in the U.S.; he and his sisters all came from El Salvador at different times. The sisters claim he had no choice but to leave. Gangs in El Salvador recruit kids and, if they don’t join, the...