Michael Phelps Lists: Olympic phenom Michael Phelps wants out...

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Celebrity Real Estate: Swimming Tour de Force Michael Phelps Lists in B'More

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Swimming sensation Michael Phelps has put his 4,000-square-foot Baltimore condo on the market, reports The Real Estalker. The three-bedroom is one in a row of prim townhouses at an upscale community in Fells Point, the city's cute harbor neighborhood, and has views of the marina from an upper-floor balcony as well as thoroughly modern interiors comprised of brick, steel, glass, and gleaming hardwood. Phelps bought the property for $1.699M in 2007—right before Beijing—and might have had one helluva time navigating that slick, stylish staircase, with its none-too-tall landings. He's apparently trying to flip the place and move out to a more spacious place in the 'burbs—no surprise that a man with a 6'7" wingspan finds living in a townhouse too confining. While the exact ask is positioned as the ever-murky "price upon request," The Real Estalker guesses Phelps wants between $1.075M and $1.475M—will the 26-year-old with 16 Olympic medals under his belt really and readily accept a loss? Let's not forget that another local notable, former-First Daughter Jenna Bush Hager, failed to find a buyer for her nearby Federal Hill home last year and instead turned to renting it out.

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The World's Largest Treehouse: Oregon builder and woodworker Michael Garnier...

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At Home With Michael Graves: The weekend WSJ visited architect and...

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Controversies: Michael Moore Widely Slammed For Having a Really Big House

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Filmmaker Michael Moore, who was just described by a Village Voice blog as being "giddy with triumphalism over the burgeoning movement [of Occupy Wall Street] that half his remarks were delivered through high, breathy giggles," owns a 10,000-square-foot mansion on Torch Lake on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It's got a taxable value of nearly $1M and it may be worth twice that. Alas, lots of people are none too pleased.

Conservative blogger Andrew Breitman, led the charges, writing on his blog Big Hollywood: "No one begrudges Moore his wealth, but it is deceitful for him to claim poverty while encouraging class warfare among other Americans." Breitman mentions the fact that the area is considered by locals as the “third most beautiful lake in the world.”

Over on political blog The Michigan View there's this: "But calling Moore's lake property a "home" would be an understatement. This is a manor. A Kennedy compound. An ostentatious, big-foot show of wealth," adding, "Moore's hypocrisy is a perfect fit for a confused Occupy movement that boasts support from Big Labor, millionaire musicians and spoiled Harvard kids."

Concurring is Red Kingman over at Holland, Mich.-based radio station WHTC. In a blog post entitled "So typical of the left," Kingman details his shock at viewing Moore's house photos: "How can this be? Easy, it's how the left operates. They figure that their follers [sic] are morons and that they can tell them anything because the masses will believe it. What other explanation could their be for so many to heed the words of Mr. Moore while he himself is a multi millionaire?"

Finally the Daily Mail, ever the sensationalist, paints this picture: The spacious 10,000 sq ft property is a far cry from the scene of tightly-packed tents near Wall Street in New York City." Plus, a non sequitur: "The township is roughly 98 per cent white residents, according to statistics from 2009."

Meanwhile, fellow one-percenter Russell Simmons has Moore's back. On Friday, the he hip-hop mogul Tweeted, "99.99999 percent are not contributing anything. Thank michael moore kanye jayz 50cemt crosby stills and young for doing something"

· Exclusive Photos: Michael Moore’s Massive Michigan Vacation Mansion Beyond 99 Percent’s Wildest Dreams [Big Hollywood via The Atlantic Wire]
· Occupy Michael Moore: His Opulent Lake House [The Michigan View]
· So Typical Of The Left [WHTC]
· Luxury 99 per cent of Americans can only dream of...Michael Moore's stunning waterfront mansion revealed [Daily Mail]
· @UncleRUSH [Twitter]

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Michael Aram Moves: Tabletop design firm Michael Aram has...

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Celebrity Decor: Michael Jordan's New Dining Table Has Exactly 32,292 Holes

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In August, former NBA superstar Michael Jordan bought a $3.15M condo in Charlotte to have a home base closer to the Bobcats, which he purchased for $275M earlier in the year. How did he commemorate his dream of finally becoming an NBA club owner? Why, by enlisting D.C.-based metal sculptor Michael Enn Sirvet to craft a dining table with 32,292 holes—one for every point Jordan scored during his long, record-shattering career on the court. Jordan was apparently so thrilled with the nine-by-three-foot creation, made of aircraft-grade aluminum, that "he flipped out. He was speechless." [Insert cliched expression about Sirvet's slam dunk here.]

· COOL OR FOOL: MICHAEL JORDAN BUYS A TABLE. [HomeBunch]
· D.C. artist designs Michael Jordan's dining room table [TBD]
· Michael Jordan buys Charlotte home: Inside the building [WCNC]

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Michael Maltzan Villa in Beverly Hills: Today Curbed LA looks at the...

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