Infrastructure

Malls needn't wait for failure, to Re-Urbanize
One of Vancouver's most recent significant planning exercises is noteworthy not simply because of the merits of its process or its resulting planning and design vision, but perhaps more so because of the new model it may represent to North American mall owners.
But I'll come back to that.
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From Bad to Worse in NOLA
Environmentalism Over Aesthetics
L.A. Facing Drought
A Plea for Pedestrians in Pakistan
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Port-Air Pollution Bill
To Improve the Economy, Improve Infrastructure
'Growing Water' Project Gets a Hand
A Critical Look at WiFi's Successor
First Privatized Airport In U.S.?
The Real Bailout America's Cities Need
Secretive Seattle Freeway Replacement Plans Revealed

The Meltdown on Wall Street and America's Cities
With the subprime mortgage and housing bubble crises now metastasizing into the full-blown implosion of the U.S. economy, global markets have been gasping to keep up with the turmoil. Later this week Congress will be pressured to approve a mind-boggling $700 billion "bailout" package which would effectively transform Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. into an "overseer" of the entire economy, with complete and unassailable power to purchase so-called "toxic" debts from any bank he chooses.

