Designed by architect R.C. Hillen, the 70 homes that make up the small Oakland neighborhood known as Normandy Gardens, which feature “modest mansions” with a pastiche of English, French, and Normandy ...

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Inspired by French Normandy architecture, per the tony home’s listing, the house at 3060 Pacific is four stories of storied elegance in Pacific Heights. Where else? Built in 1927, it was designed by ...

Rows of white crosses, and now and then a Star of David, roll over the green bluffs at the U.S. military cemetery in Normandy. Part of the power is their simplicity and sameness. The headstones of ...

When Sylvia Helfert considered buying eight storybook cottages in 1976, her friends said she was crazy to spend so much money on old pieces of junk. Newly divorced in her 50s and pressed for cash, ...