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Wonderful article on Mike Melvill, the guy who flew the SpaceShipOne into space over Mojave this week, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/23/national/23pilot.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1088182871-HI2ZLuZP7F30D8gtGDJreQ">here</a>. It's by non-reader but talented New York Times writer John Schwartz.

June 25 - Anonymous

The National World War II Memorial frames vistas, but does it articulate a message?

June 25 - American Society Of Landscape Architects

Bizarre rules and legal restrictions make the summer heat hard to escape.

June 25 - CNN

The longtime Chicago mayor has vowed to make his city the greenest in the nation.

June 25 - MetropolisMag.com

MIT's Technology Review offers a fascinating look at the latest building technologies being used in the world's tallest building. [Includes graphics.]

June 25 - Technology Review

Richard Gottfried (D-Manhattan), whose district includes the stadium site, argues that the governor's plan for an Olympic/Jets Stadium at 34th Street is both fiscally and logistically absurd.

June 25 - Times Union

A distributed computer simulation of catastrophic global warming spreads.

June 25 - BBC News

Baltimore skyscraper buffs seek taller buildings.

June 24 - The Baltimore Sun

The English city, known more for its bleak factories than cutting-edge design, turns heads with its new department store.

June 24 - BBC News

When a community loses jobs, it also loses confidence.

June 24 - The Washington Post

From barns to homesteads, many buildings are being stripped of their furnishings and fixtures to fuel a growing style black market.

June 24 - The State

Inspired by Vancouver, the Trinity River plan could transform Fort Worth, TX.

June 24 - Fort Worth Star Telegram

Since 1970, Paolo Soleri's project for a 'lean alternative' to sprawl through high-density anti-consumerism has failed to destroy the America suburb.

June 24 - Smithsonian Magazine

A grass-roots movement in Florida to subject comprehensive plan changes to a vote by the citizens gains momentum.

June 24 - Florida Herald Tribune

In a new documentary 'Thirst,' filmmakers Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow explore the consequences of privatizing water supplies.

June 24 - AlterNet

Tom Angotti of the Planner's Network looks backward and forward on urban planning in NYC, post-Guiliani, post-9/11.

June 24 - Planners Network

Last summer's power outage in the U.S. Northeast was an economic disaster, but according to researchers it had one happy consequence: The air became, almost overnight, remarkably cleaner.

June 24 - The New York Times

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Marvel Comics has announced that it plans to license out Spider-Man, one of its flagship characters, to an Indian comic book company, for a re-made Indian version of the character. Newsarama did a nice write-up on the details that you can read <a href="http://newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14583">here</a>.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.planetizen.com/tech/files//indiaspidey.jpg" alt="India Spider-Man" align="left"/> The really important bits: <br /> <blockquote>...the Indian version of Spider-Man, in the form of young Mumbai resident, Pavitr Prabhakar, gains his powers from ancient mystic instead of Peter Parker who got his powers from a radioactive spider. Green Goblin is also reinvented as Rakshasa, an Indian mythological demon.</blockquote>

June 23 - Anonymous

Denver's Cherry Creek Bike Rack is the first-of-its-kind bicycle parking facility and urban transportation center in Colorado, offering commuters, residents, and visitors to Cherry Creek North free bicycle parking.

June 23 - Denver Business Journal

MIT studies how future inhabitants of Mars can not only survive, but live a good life.

June 23 - Wired