"Church of the Rapture and Paradise Liquor are Washington relics. As the future moves in, they prepare to leave their corner behind." The first of two parts. View full entry
"President Robert G. Mugabe has one word for reports that Operation Drive Out Trash, the urban-demolition campaign aimed at slum dwellers that his government describes as a civic beautification program, has rendered thousands of his impoverished citizens homeless. 'Nonsense,' he told ABC News."... View full entry
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Internet giant Google is offering to cloak its home city in Silicon Valley with free wireless "Wi-Fi" computer service, the company confirmed. View full entry
Driving in Manhattan? You Pay, Under One Idea: The 840,000 cars that enter Manhattan south of 60th Street on an average weekday could be subject to a $7 charge during peak hours. Vehicles starting and ending their trips within that zone might pay a $4 charge. NYT View full entry
While hiers of the Disney empire look to invest $125 million in privatizing Isreal's military companies, oil refineries and media, another mammoth investment may soon be surfacing along the mouth of the Sea of Galilee. The Holy Land Christian Center will be built on 125 acres of land Isreal is... View full entry
"The architects Richard Meier and David M. Childs have completed a master plan for four buildings, a park and an ice rink on part of a nine-acre site near the United Nations. They say the designs... will restore a sense of the Manhattan grid to the edge of the East River." Read more, at the New... View full entry
The architects Richard Meier and David M. Childs have completed a master plan for four buildings, a park and an ice rink on part of a nine-acre site near the United Nations.NYT View full entry
"By a fair margin, a $2.9 billion bond act that will finance transportation projects statewide, including part of the Second Avenue subway and a link between the Long Island Rail Road and Grand Central Terminal, was approved by New York State voters yesterday." NYT. View full entry
Feeling a little post-colonial? Or confused about the current situation in France and other European nations and their immigrant population. Democracy Now speaks with a plethora of experts including Robert Fisk to enlighten us. View full entry
"Out on the edges of [Beijing], where farmland is fast being converted into suburbs, farmers herding flocks of dirty sheep compete for space on dusty roads with clattering blue trucks carrying construction materials for the latest gaudy subdivision or high-rise building downtown." Farms becoming... View full entry
More than two months after Hurricane Katrina incapacitated this peerless, sultry American city, New Orleans has shaken off the shock of its collapse and has slowly begun to draw breath again. But as it moves from recovery into the more crucial rebuilding phase, it is only beginning to grapple... View full entry
Since its announcement, the Atlantic Yards, like the aesthetic of the architect responsible for its goofy facades, has always been about style over substance. BrooklynRail View full entry
Joel Kotkin looks at cities that embraced the false promise of the "creative class" theory, focusing their efforts on bringing in the "cool kids" at the expense of schools, transport, jobs and security. Prospect (Thank you ALDaily.) View full entry
According to this article, the latest statistics show that in 2005, China has an urban population of 542 million people. Of a total of 660 cities across the nation, 171 are mega cities with more than 1 million. Ten million people move to cities in China each year. In the next five years, China... View full entry
From this report, a judge denied a call for a restraining order on the project as local officials in Marin continue to try and stop the construction of a new San Quentin Death Row Facility. Arguments that the cost of the new project violates spending limits, and has avoided proper environmental... View full entry
