Newsday
EPA Malfeasance In Downtown Manhattan?
Residents and workers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn sued the Environmental Protection Agency for misleading the public about air quality after the 9/11 attacks
Affordable Housing Gets A Museum Exhibit
The National Building Museum's new display spotlights developing housing for mixed income levels.
Economic Development Gone Bad
New York's Nassau County economic development agencies operated as though they were exempt from financial rules, according to a county audit.
America's Infrastructure Crisis
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 World's New Tallest Building
The Shanghai World Financial Center, already under construction, will top Malaysia's 1,483-foot Petronas Twin Towers.
WTC Owner Rejects All Eight Plans
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.)
Modernism Returns To Long Island
The biggest development of modernist houses in decades is springing up, sleek and angular, in Southampton Town.
Impact of 9/11 On Air Pollution
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.
WTC Proposals Pour In
Newsday provides a slide show of some of the 2,000 designs from citizens, planners and architects have been received.
Are They Watching You?
A $37 million upgrade to the San Francisco Bay's electronic toll system will provide real-time info on congestion and traffic.
Revitalization And They Don't Even Know It
Commercial project in the 'gateway' to the upscale Hamptons gets new urban features through half dozen hearings and 12 site plan revisions.
Riverdale's Subdivision Moratorium
A subdivision moratorium in Riverhead, NY is a good idea only if the city hires more planners and improves planning.
Team Selected To Redsign WTC Site
Chosen from 15 applicants representing more than 90 companies, the new team will be responsible for developing urban design plans for the WTC site.
WTC Architectural Guideliness Force Mediocrity
An architectural critic charges that the design guidelines required for the WTC rebuilding will ensure mediocrity.
New York's Mayor Takes The Subway
New York's Millionaire 'MetroCard Mayor' Bloomberg takes the subway. Now if only his commissioners would also.
Garvin Backs Mixed Use At WTC
Well-know planner Alexander Garvin, named to lead lower Manhattan's redevelopment, backs a mixed use plan.
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