Nate Berg
Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist.
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Nate Berg is a former contributing editor for Planetizen and a freelance journalist. He has contributed to The New York Times, National Public Radio, Wired, Fast Company, Metropolis, Next American City, Dwell, the Christian Science Monitor, the Guardian, and Domus, among others. Nate studied print journalism and environmental planning at the University of Southern California. He lives in Los Angeles.
Texas Mayors Block Feds From Building Border Wall
<p>City officials in Texas Border towns are blocking federal officials from coming into their towns to build walls along the U.S.-Mexico border.</p>
Missouri's Bridge Plan Could Guide Nation
<p>The state of Missouri's fast-track plan to fund, repair, and maintain its bridges is being called a model for the rest of the nation.</p>
The Building's Green, But What About The Commute?
<p>This article from <em>Environmental Building News</em> looks at the energy required to get workers from home to work -- often a use of energy that far surpasses that of the workplace itself.</p>
Corps Looks To Buy Out Gulf City
<p>The Army Corps of Engineers has plans to buyout more than half of the land in the flood-damaged Gulf Coast city of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. But residents who have already started to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina are fighting the plan.</p>
A Vision Of Pre-Colonized Manhattan
<p>This slideshow from <em>The New Yorker</em> features historic maps and computer-recreations to show how Manhattan may have looked before the arrival of Europeans.</p>