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A Childhood Game Turned Cultural Gold Rush Few things have bridged generations as gracefully as the Pokémon Trading Card Game. What began in the late 1990s as a children’s pastime of lunchroom trades and neighborhood battles has evolved into a billion-dollar global obsession. From Tokyo to Toronto, Atlanta to Amsterdam, collectors are lining up for new releases, grading services are overwhelmed, and auction houses are reporting record sales. The numbers tell the story: accord

From Neglected to Iconic Again: Inside a Restored Balboa Highlands Eichler In the northern folds of Granada Hills, Balboa Highlands shows how tract housing became architecture. Here, mid-century modern priorities are distilled with uncommon clarity: low, horizontal volumes settle into the site; post-and-beam bays invite full-height glass; and floor plans pivot around atriums so daylight, air, and garden become daily companions rather than occasional views.

In the quiet, wooded hills of Pleasantville, New York, there is a house that seems to emerge organically from the landscape, at once familiar and otherworldly. Known as the Toy Hill House, or simply Toy hill, this residence is among Frank Lloyd Wright’s most unusual mid-century designs.

For decades, LEGO was simply considered the gold standard of toys. Bright plastic bricks designed to snap together and unlock a child’s imagination. Parents bought them to foster creativity, engineers praised them as the foundation of problem-solving skills, and kids built worlds that stretched far beyond instruction manuals. But in the last two decades, LEGO has undergone an unexpected transformation.