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Parade Of Homes
The Parade of Homes is a branded showcase of new and remodeled homes held in several regions throughout the United States. Alternatively known as the Tour of Homes in some locales, it is often presented by the local Home Builders Association ("HBA") or Building Industry Association ("BIA"). HBA or BIA home tours under the Parade of Homes showcase homes, both new construction and remodeled homes. Homes generally include single-family homes, condominiums, duplexes, and townhomes. The nation's first home-tour organization was established in Minnesota in 1948 by the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (now known as Housing First Minnesota). The Parade of Homes, presented by Housing First Minnesota, is the largest in the nation. The event runs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall, with participation peaking at 1,259 home entries in a single event in 2006. The first United States Trademark for "Parade of Homes" was registered by the Home Builders Association of Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Tribune
The ''Star Tribune'' is the largest newspaper in Minnesota. It originated as the ''Minneapolis Tribune'' in 1867 and the competing ''Minneapolis Daily Star'' in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, Minneapolis's competing newspapers were consolidated, with the ''Tribune'' published in the morning and the ''Star'' in the evening. They merged in 1982, creating the ''Star and Tribune'', and it was renamed to ''Star Tribune'' in 1987. After a tumultuous period in which the newspaper was sold and re-sold and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009, it was purchased by local businessman Glen Taylor in 2014. The ''Star Tribune'' serves Minneapolis and is distributed throughout the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the state of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. It typically contains a mixture of national, international and local news, sports, business and lifestyle content. Journalists from the ''Star Tribune'' and its predecessor newspapers have won seven Pulitzer Prizes. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Of Dreams (event)
A home tour event or housing show, sometimes branded as Parade of Homes, Street of Dreams, Tour of Homes or Homearama, is a building industry showcase of homes, typically new builds, held in several regions throughout the United States. The events date to the late 1940s. Background In the years following World War II, the United States experienced housing shortages. Builders entered the market to create mass housing developments such as Levittown; by 1952, such builders had produced six million new housing units. The market for starter homes was saturated, and builders needed to create a new market for move-up homes that had additional space and included more upscale features. According to ''House & Home'' magazine, the building boom meant builders had "in a very literal sense...built themselves out of their easy market" and said "from now on they must sell their new houses to people already well-housed -- at least by yesterday's standards". According to the ''Washington Pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
