Newsday

America's infrastructure is full of cracks, leaks and holes and is getting worse, according to an analysis by civil engineers that gives the nation's transportation, water and energy systems an overall grade of D-plus.

The Shanghai World Financial Center, already under construction, will top Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers.

Larry Silverstein rejects the eight proposed designs, saying the plans as presented do not meet the site's requirements. (Includes a copy of the rejection letter.)

The biggest development of modernist houses in decades is springing up, sleek and angular, in Southampton Town.

Using satellite photos taken on Sept. 11th, 2001, reasearch attempts to track the spread of the plume of pollutants after the attacks and its impact on health of New Yorkers.

Newsday provides a slide show of some of the 2,000 designs from citizens, planners and architects have been received.

A $37 million upgrade to the San Francisco Bay's electronic toll system will provide real-time info on congestion and traffic.

Commercial project in the 'gateway' to the upscale Hamptons gets new urban features through half dozen hearings and 12 site plan revisions.

A subdivision moratorium in Riverhead, NY is a good idea only if the city hires more planners and improves planning.

Chosen from 15 applicants representing more than 90 companies, the new team will be responsible for developing urban design plans for the WTC site.

An architectural critic charges that the design guidelines required for the WTC rebuilding will ensure mediocrity.

New York's Millionaire 'MetroCard Mayor' Bloomberg takes the subway. Now if only his commissioners would also.

Well-know planner Alexander Garvin, named to lead lower Manhattan's redevelopment, backs a mixed use plan.