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World Trade Center Towers: A Structural Autopsy
From the wreckage of the World Trade Center emerge new details of the cause of the towers' collapse.
Rebuilding New York: The Choices And Challenges
Rebuilding presents New York City with a "bittersweet opportunity" to redefine the city. Here are the choices and challenges.
The Streets Of New York City
Herbert Muschamp writes about the impact of restricted access to streets in New York.
California's Last Best Train?
Is high-speed rail the answer to California's traffic? Maybe, but politics may be the biggest roadblock of all.
Great Lakes: Drink The Water But Don't Swim In It
A report released by U.S. and Canadian scientists concludes that the Great Lakes are one of the world's best sources of drinking water. But often the water quality is not safe enough to swim in.
Will California Be Buried Under A Mountain Of Trash?
As California's population climbs past 34 million people, a heralded decade of recycling and trash diversion is being overtaken by unceasing population growth.
Atlanta's Telecom And Planning Experiment
An experiment in urban planning is underway in Atlanta -- a massive plan to integrate transit and telecommunications.
Chemical Foul Play Near Houston
A five-year study finds that two chemical companies near Houston have been releasing benzene into the air.
MBTA: Transit At What Cost?
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is sued for having worst environmental record of any state agency.
Architect Cesar Pelli: A Retrospective
An exhibition of the work of architect Cesar Pelli features many tall buildings including the world's tallest buildings - the Petronas Towers in Malaysia.
Great Lakes Health Report Released
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report on the health of the Great Lakes. The study examined 33 environmental factors.
Colorado Close To Adopting Smart Growth Policies
The Colorado Legislature is on the verge of passing a historic package of "smart growth" measures.
Sprawl Threatens Coastal Areas
Environmentalists and coastal management experts are calling attention to the negative impacts of urban growth and polluted runoff in coastal areas.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Leak Worrying Officials
Environmentalists are working to prevent further damage to the area affected by the oil leak, which was a result of a bullet.
The Cost Of Residential Growth
University of Kentucky study examines how it costs residents of a county if new residents move in.
WTC Towers Collapse Caused Small Earthquakes
when New York's World Trade Center towers collapsed, a siesmic station recorded earthquakes of magnitude 2.1 and 2.3. This analysis examines how gravity contributed to the collapse of the towers.
WTC Towers: An American Icon
Remembering the World Trade Center towers, their place in the Manhattan skyline, and what they meant to New Yorkers.
Zoning And Internet-based Business
An Appeals rules that Tampa's anti-adult business zoning ordinance does not apply to Internet-based businesses.
Amtrak's Acela: Slower Than A Speeding Bullet
Writer David Carr is relentlessly critical of the Amtrak's new Acela train, theoretically capable of 150 mph.
Progressive Architecture In New York
Herbert Muschamp reviews examples of progressive architecture in New York.
City of Thousand Oaks
City of Wisconsin Rapids
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Northern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA)
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
