Massachusetts

Boston has all of the right ingredients to become on of the most rewarding places on earth to live -- if the city can get over it's 'assumed superiority'.

June 8, 2004 - The Boston Foundation

Frank Gehry faced a different set of challenges in designing for MIT's famously reclusive professors.

May 30, 2004 - The Financial Times

An initiative turns seniors into landlords.

May 23, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

Anthony Flint reviews the urban design goals as well as the architecture of Gehry's new Stata Center.

May 12, 2004 - The Boston Globe

Boston city officials and Boston University want to build a controversial virus lab in a densely populated neighborhood.

May 11, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

A vice president of a firm that performed work on the Big Dig plans to reuse thousands of tons of discarded steel for his new house.

April 27, 2004 - The Boston Globe

Real estate development opportunities abound after the initial growing pains of reconstruction of the Central Artery

April 15, 2004 - The New York Times

A Massachusetts task force will recommend zoning as a way to oversee and manage coastal water uses.

March 24, 2004 - The Boston Globe

Boston city planners and public health officials are eyeing new open space created by the Big Dig as a way to promote active lifestyles and fight obesity.

March 16, 2004 - National Public Radio

An Ivy League university converts its entire fleet to biodiesel and starts its own filling station.

March 14, 2004 - Harvard University

Concord, the crucible of the American Revolution quietly struggles with its legacy as the maker of depleted uranium slugs for the U.S. military's latest wars.

March 12, 2004 - Environmental News Service

Buses are significantly slower than trains, according to local residents.

February 25, 2004 - The Boston Globe

Restoration of Cambridge's city hall uses both old and new environmental practices.

February 25, 2004 - The Boston Globe

The population density of Paris is about three times that of Boston. If Boston's population were tripled, would it would become another Paris?

February 9, 2004 - Harvard University

'Most of the nearly 300 acres of Boston's city parks that Big Dig officials promised to win support for the massive project are not finished and many are not scheduled to be done until after the roadway project is completed next year.'

January 27, 2004 - The Boston Globe

A refreshing article about a planning commission in the small town of Rutland, MA, that hires its first part-time planner -- and appreciates him.

January 24, 2004 - The Landmark

Massachusetts uses digitized arial photos to police wetlands encroachment.

January 22, 2004 - The Christian Science Monitor

The Dutch strategy of the woonerf -- harmonious coexistence of cars and pedestrians -- is catching on in Boston.

January 21, 2004 - The Boston Globe

What if Boston left the Central Artery standing after spending $14.6 billion to replace it?

January 5, 2004 - The Boston Globe

A new building in Cambridge, MA will serve as a model for green highrises.

January 1, 2004 - MetropolisMag.com