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#ProtectCity campaign launched in support of Michael Heizer's "City"

2015-03-19T19:00:00-04:00

Located in Garden Valley, Nevada, Michael Heizer’s City is one of the most significant works of art in the United States. Begun by Heizer in 1972, the project is now in its final stage of completion. It will, in the future, be accessible by the public. [...] To see the land developed into a site for military, energy, or waste purposes, would ruin it forever. After 43 years of work, can it really be destroyed like this?

Notable American museums publicly expressed their support on Twitter via #protectCITY. The LACMA petition to protect Michael Heizer's City and the Basin and Range can be reached here.

Previously on Archinect: Michael Heizer's massive desert sculpture, "City", will make you cry

USGS raises New York City's earthquake threat but lowers risk for tall towers

2014-07-18T17:31:00-04:00

Here is another reason to buy a mega-million-dollar apartment in a Manhattan high-rise: Earthquake forecast maps for New York City that a federal agency issued on Thursday indicate “a slightly lower hazard for tall buildings than previously thought.” The agency, the United States Geological Survey, tempered its latest quake prediction with a big caveat. “The tall buildings in Manhattan are not where you should be focusing [...]"

More insight in the geological survey and the updated U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps at usgs.gov.

National Park Service calls development plans a threat to Grand Canyon

2014-07-09T13:38:00-04:00

Looking eastward from the canyon's popular South Rim, visitors could soon see a hive of construction as workers build restaurants, hotels and shops on a distant mesa on the Navajo Indian reservation. The developers also plan a gondola ride from those attractions to whisk tourists to the canyon floor, where they would stroll along an elevated riverside walkway to a restaurant at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado rivers.