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The serene mountain aerie 90 miles north of Edo was renowned for its scenery and ornate Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Hiroshi Okamoto, Smithsonian Magazine, "The Way of the Shogun," 9 July 2020

In Manhattan, four more full-floor aeries at 220 Central Park South sold — one for nearly $56.3 million, the biggest sale for the month and for 2020, and the three others for $53.6 million, $52.2 million and $50.9 million. Vivian Marino, New York Times, "A Record Sale in Brooklyn Among April’s Closings," 1 May 2020

The hotel, which is surrounded by lush tropical gardens and sits up on a hill above the harbor, feels like a leafy aerie; near the buzz of town, but still a proper retreat. Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Hottest New Hotel Openings of Fall 2019," 1 Oct. 2019

Last sold for $1,400,000 in 2001 A waterfront aerie is nothing less than magical, especially when set on half an acre with a private, rocky beach and a view of downtown Boston. Boston.com Real Estate, "Luxury in the Burbs: What about $3 million gets you," 22 Jan. 2020

Mountaintop aeries like the Aragats Cosmic Ray Research Station receded in the quest for ultimate knowledge. Yulia Grigoryants, New York Times, "Alone on a Mountaintop, Awaiting a Very Hard Rain," 21 Jan. 2020

Blotkamp suggests Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst—seem either to exhaust themselves or to veer from the aerie of lateness into the lower realms of the predictable, old-fashioned, and, perish the thought, commercial. Max Norman, The New Yorker, "Does “Late Style” Exist?," 13 Jan. 2020

After all, this buoyantly landscaped aerie bears the official name of Salesforce Park, which in turn is the rooftop of Salesforce Transit Center. John King, SFChronicle.com, "Goodbye, San Francisco. Hello, Brandopolis," 30 June 2019

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