Single-family new house construction building permits: 1  1997: 18 buildings, average cost: $115,800. 2  1998: 19 buildings, average cost: $115,800. 3  1999: 19 buildings, average cost: $115,800. 4  2000: 18 buildings, average cost: $115,800. 5  2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $105,800. 6  2002: 6 buildings, average cost: $114,500.
By Charlie Wilmoth |. at. Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras has died in a car accident in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, Dionisio Soldevila of ESPNDeportes confirms (via Twitter). Taverasâ girlfriend, 18-year-old Edilia Arvelo, also reportedly passed away.
Chavela Vargas died on August 5th. Read Benjamin Moser. Photograph by Marco Ugarte/AP Photo. When I was twenty-three, I found myself killing time in San JoaquÃ­n de Flores, Costa Rica. It was an unlikely place to look for Chavela Vargas, whose great age, famous affairs, and heartbreaking renditions of the Mexican classics made her one of the monuments of Latin America. Indeed, for the rich exoticism of the myths surrounding her life, no other singer came close.