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AUGUST   2010

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September 6, 2010    FOX  NEWS
Associated Press : Obama to Call for Major Infrastructure Spending
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/06/obama-major-infrastructure-spending/

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August 27, 2010   WWLTV New Orleans Louisiana
Special Edition :   Katrina 5 Years Later

http://www.wwltv.com/katrina-anniversary

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August 26, 2010   U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
By Rick Newman :   The Good News in the Bad Housing Numbers

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/flowchart/2010/08/25/the-good-news-in-the-bad-housing-numbers

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August 25, 2010   The New York Times City Room
By Charles Bagli :  New Skyscraper to Rival Empire State Building
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/new-skyscraper-to-rival-empire-state-building/?hp

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August 25, 2010   The Wall Street Journal
By Kris Hudson & A.D. Pruitt :   Commercial Property Owners Choose to Default  
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703447004575449803607666216.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

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August 20, 2010   The Los Angeles Times
By W. Hamilton & A. Lazo :   Professional investors flipping foreclosed homes
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-homes-investors-20100820,0,7168785.story?page=1

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August 18, 2010   The Wall Street Journal
By Alex P. Kellogg :   Detroit Mayor's Master Plan: You Tell Me
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703824304575435781800769158.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

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July 24, 2010     MSN TRAVEL
slide show 15 images :   Man-Made Marvels

http://www.bing.com/travel/content/search?q=Man-Made+Marvels%3a+Henderson+Waves&cid=msnsp1150887&form=TRVCON&gt1=41000  

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July 5, 2010   The Post and Courier Charleston SC
By Robert Behre :   Restoring Morris Island Lighthouse
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jul/05/shoring-up-the-light/

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June 29, 2010   The Los Angeles Times
By Alejandro Lazo :   Home prices rise 0.8% in April from March
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-home-prices-20100630,0,6688014.story

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June 28, 2010   The Houston Chronicle
By Jennifer Patrick :   Eco Green Resort Coming to New Caney
http://blogs.chron.com/houstonshiring/2010/06/earthquest_adventures_an_eco_g_1.html  

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June 28, 2010   PRO PUBLICA Health & Science   
By Joaquin Sapien :   Is Chinese Drywall Making Habitat for Humanity's Houses Uninhabitable?
http://www.propublica.org/feature/is-chinese-drywall-making-habitat-for-humanities-houses-uninhabitable  

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June 16, 2010     MSN REAL ESTATE
By Stephane Fitch Forbes :   Presidential homes hit by housing crash
http://realestate.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=24534729&GT1=35006

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June 1, 2010   YAHOO News
Associated Press : Construction spending posts best gains in nearly a decade

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Economy-strengthens-behind-apf-949374512.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode

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May 26, 2010   BusinessWeek  BLOOMBERG
By Bob Willis, Timothy R. Homan :  Sales of New Homes in U.S. Jump to Two-Year High
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-26/sales-of-new-homes-in-u-s-jump-to-two-year-high-update2-.html

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May 25, 2010   The Los Angeles Times
By Alana Semuels   :   Construction industry builds up steam, adds 14,000 jobs
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-building-jobs-20100524,0,6881237.story

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May 6, 2010   The Washington Post
By Fredrick Kunkle :  launching portable housing for aging relatives
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/05/AR2010050503074.html?hpid=artslot

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May 3, 2010   REUTERS  
By Lucia Mutikani : US construction spending rises in March
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3012889420100503

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May 2, 2010   The Capital Hometown Annapolis
By Erin Cox :  Crownsville Hospital property remains in limbo
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/top/2010/05/02-55/Crownsville-Hospital-property-remains-in-limbo.html

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April 24, 2010   The New York Times N.Y. / Region
PANORAMIC VIEW :  The New World Trade Center
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/04/23/nyregion/20100423-groundzero-panos.html?hp

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April 22, 2010   FORBES
Associated Press : New home sales jump from record low
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/04/23/personal-finance-industrials-us-new-home-sales_7542862.html?boxes=Homepagetopnews

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April 19 , 2010   MarketWatch  from The Wall Street Journal 
Amy Hoak's Home Economics : Sensible remodels for a flat housing market
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sensible-remodels-for-a-flat-housing-market-2010-04-19

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April 19, 2010   The Baltimore Sun
By Timothy Wheeler :  Baltimore details progress in move toward sustainability

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/bs-gr-city-sustainability-report-20100419,0,3325191.story

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April 16, 2010   REUTERS  
By REUTERS STAFF : Housing starts, permits rise in March
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63F2NT20100416

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April 15, 2010   The Detroit News
By Leonard N. Fleming:  Detroit Mayor asks leaders to reinvest in city

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100415/METRO01/4150464/1409/Bing-asks-leaders-to-reinvest-in-city

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April 8, 2010   The Dallas Moring News
By Brandon Formby :  Irving plans to take its time redeveloping stadium site

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/040810dnmetaftertheimplosion.3fa5c47.html

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April 6, 2010   The Houston Chronicle
By Tom Fowler   :   New Deal-era murals will soon be restored
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6947013.html

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April 5, 2010   The Los Angeles Times
Times Staff   :   Mexicali quake stronger than Haiti's, but far less destructive. Why?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/mexicali-quake-stronger-than-haiti-but-far-less-destructive-why.html  

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January 14, 2010   The ENGINEER
By Siobhan Wagner   :   Haiti needs seismic-resistant buildings

http://www.theengineer.co.uk/news/haiti-needs-seismic-resistant-buildings/1000572.article

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April 1, 2010   The Washington Post
By John Kelly :  Friends of the Obelisk's want to move the Washington Monument 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033103647.html?hpid=artslot   

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March 19, 2010   The Dallas Moring News
By Christy Hoppe :  Solar panels on public projects stoke payback debate

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032010dntexsolarpanels.4085bf3.html

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March 1, 2010   The Washington Post
By Post Staffi :  Chilean earthquake toll limited by good planning 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/28/AR2010022800062.html?hpid=topnews

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February 8, 2010    The Seattle Times Local News
By Emily Heffter :  Seattle wants taller buildings
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011011910_vulcan08m.html

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January 4, 2010    BBC  NEWS
British Broadcasting Corp. : Dubai to open world's tallest building
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8439618.stm

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December 21, 2009    FOX  NEWS
Associated Press : First Jesus-Era House Found in Nazareth, Israel
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/12/21/jesus-era-house-nazareth-israel/  

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December 21, 2009    The Los Angeles Times
By Ashley Powers   :   Vegas bets it all on new CityCenter complex
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-city-center21-2009dec21,0,5236080.story

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November 2, 2009    MLive.com  Michigan Live
By Julia Bauer  :   Grand Rapids furniture company builds massive table for Kuwaiti government.
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/10/grand_rapids_furniture_company.html  

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September 29, 2009   BusinessWeek  BLOOMBERG
By Jennifer Fishbein :  Molding New Structures from Concrete.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/11/1113_concrete/index_01.htm

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September 24, 2009   CNN.com Video
By Amanda Gengler : Strategy: Playing the housing rebound.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2009/10/01/105855726/index.htm?postversion=2009092410

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September 20, 2009   The Washington Post
By Alexa Yabolinski :  Reconnecting a house to the nature surrounding it. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091102321.html?hpid=topnews

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September 19, 2009   The Los Angeles Times
Slide Show   :   A Malibu retreat that is modern, fresh and fire resistant.
http://www.latimes.com/features/la-hm-buckner-sept09-pictures,0,3332349.photogallery

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September 7, 2009   myFOX  New York  
Video News Report : Resurgence of Lower Manhattan 8 Years After 9/11.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/sept_11/090907_resurgence_lower_manhattan

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July 27, 2009   MSN.com  Travel 
SLIDE SHOW : The World's Most Amazing Buildings.
http://guides.travel.msn.com/Guides/MSNTravelSlideShow.aspx?cp-documentid=1081089&icid=msn1081089&gt1=40000

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July 14, 2009   MSNBC.com  from around the world 
SLIDE SHOW : UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31544796/ns/travel-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1&beginChapter=1&beginTab=1

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June 24, 2009   The Wall Street Journal Real Estate
By Maura Webber Sadovi :  Big Hotel Planned Next to Sears Tower.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124590101744051781.html 

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June 24, 2009   The New York Times US
By Susan Saulny :  Sears Tower to Be Revamped to Produce Most of Its Own Power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/us/25sears.html?_r=1

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April 9, 2009   CNN.com Video
WBBH’S Grant Boxleitner : 'Solar' city plans unveiled.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/04/09/boxleitner.fl.solar.city.wbbh

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March 11, 2009   REUTERS  
By Tim Gaynor & Steve Gorman : Fast-growing Western U.S. cities face water crisis.
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE52A1WY20090311

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February 10, 2009   MarketWatch  from The Wall Street Journal 
By Benjamin Pimentel : Intel to invest $7 billion in U.S. facilities.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Intel-invest-7-billion-US/story.aspx?guid=%7B08CB268A%2D19FD%2D44F7%2DB565%2DFD8652169096%7D

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December 4, 2008   The Wall Street Journal 
By Daniel Michaels  :  Working With NASA, Italian Technicians Build a 'Cupola' for the Space Station.  
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122834739373977467.html

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December 2, 2008    The Los Angeles Times Architecture Review
By Christopher Hawthorne   :   Architecture Review : L.A. Live project  
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-lalive3-2008dec03,0,6998701.story

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December 2, 2008    The Los Angeles Times BUSSINESS
By Maria Dickerson   :   Edison's rooftop solar project powers up.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sunroof2-2008dec02,0,3036433.story

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November 20, 2008    Forbes   Housing
By Maurna DesmondMass Production Vs. McMansions.
http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/11/20/manufactured-housing-buffett-markets-equity-cx_md_1119markets23.html
 

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November 5, 2008    The New York Times Then / Now
By David Dunlap :  History Finally Finds the State Office Building on 125th Street.  
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/nyregion/06thennow.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin  

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September 30, 2008    The Chicago Tribune  ”Stroll the White City
the Columbian Exposition of 1893 :  Old Chicago: Rare photos unearthed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/photostore/chi-080926-white-city-photogallery,0,2594292.photogallery

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September 25, 2008    The Los Angeles Times Real Estate 
By Roger Vincent   :   Developers have high hopes for vertical mall in L.A.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mall25-2008sep25,0,4757492.story

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September 24, 2008    The Chicago Tribune
By CARYN ROUSSEAU  :  Trumps top off Chicago tower.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-trumptower,0,2721567.story  

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September 21, 2008    The New York Times 
Panoramic Video :  Goodbye Yankee Stadium.  
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/21/sports/baseball/20080921_YANKEES_PANO2.html

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September 17, 2008    U.S. News & World Report 
By Michelle Andrews :  ''concierge'' Hospital ERs - freestanding facilities.  
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/2008/09/17/need-the-emergency-room-skip-the-wait.html

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August 30, 2008    The Washington Post
origins and evolution of the Nation's Capital :  INTERACTIVE: D.C.'s Landscape Then and Now.   
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/features/2008/dc-1791-to-today/?hpid=artslot  

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August 26, 2008    The New York Times 
By Richard Sandomir  :  New Stadiums: Prices, and Outrage, Escalate.  
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/sports/26tickets.html?hp

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August 1, 2008    The Chicago Tribune   Mid-West Travel  
Mid-West Travel  :  Springfield, Illinois - Land of Lincoln, legislature and ... the corn dog.  
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/midwest/illinois/chi-springfield-illinois-tourism-storygallery,0,2735582.storygallery

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July 30, 2008    The Austin American Statesman  
By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin :  Mexic-Arte exhibit details Aztec and Mayan imagery in art.
 
http://www.austin360.com/arts/content/arts/stories/xl/2008/07/0731xlcover.html  

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July 29, 2008    The Los Angeles Times Earthquake 101 
LA QUAKE  :   Graphic: How to quake-proof your home.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-020708-quakesafety-fl,0,7709248.flash  

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July 18, 2008    The Houston Chronicle 
By Stewart Powell : NASA change would enable scientists and engineers to rekindle visionary space exploration.   
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5894467.html

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July 12, 2008     The Wall Street Journal  
By Shai Oster  :  Olympian Architecture.  
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121582231049147809.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

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July 7, 2008    The Wall Street Journal  
By
Ana Campoy : Cities Explore Whether It's Smart to Be Dense.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121538754733231043.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today

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July 1, 2008    The Los Angeles Times Magazine    
By Valli Herman   :   The new eco-friendly Hotel Palomar is luxuriously green.
http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-tr-hotel6-2008jul06

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July 1, 2008    The Wall Street Journal  
Early American History : tour of Revolutionary War sites in Lower Manhattan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121486977257617705.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today  

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June 26, 2008    The Houston Chronicle 
By Charles Ward  :  In search of Cézanne in France.   
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/travel/5858917.html

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June 25, 2008    BBC News 
World News  :  Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper.   
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7472722.stm

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June 17, 2008    The Wall Street Journal 
By Jonathan Karp :  Demographic Changes, High Gasoline Prices May Hasten Demand for Urban Living.   
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366811790479767.html?mod=RealEstateMain_2  

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June 12, 2008    The New York Times  - SLIDE SHOW    
By Fred Conrad  :  Lens | Geometries.  
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/06/10/nyregion/20080611_LENS_SLIDESHOW_index.html  

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April 24, 2008    The New York Times  - City Room    
By Timothy Williams  :  How to Redevelop a Castle in the Bronx.  
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/how-to-redevelop-a-castle-in-the-bronx/

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April 10, 2008    Architectural Record   Polshek’s Newest    
By Barbara Saffir : The world's largest museum dedicated to journalism, opens its doors tomorrow in Washington, D.C.

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/080410polshek.asp

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February 1, 2008    Louisiana  WWLTV.NEWS - Katrina Recovery
By Stephen McNair  Nearly 200 years old, Napoleon House's architecture stands test of time.
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl011608tpnapoleon.2bc9ab3b.html

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February 1, 2008     The New York Sun  - Real Estate
By Michael Stoler :   Curved Buildings: Softening the Edges of the City.    
http://www.nysun.com/article/70555  

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January 30, 2008    The Philadelphia Inquirer  SLIDESHOW
Multimedia :    Philadelphia Then and Now.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/multimedia/8023212.html

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January 18, 2008    PBS Solar Energy 
PBS   NOVA: Saved by the Sun.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/solar/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_2_novabrsavedbythesun_2007-10-23

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January 17, 2008    The Seattle Times
By Tah Vinh :  Timberline Lodge, marvel of WPA.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2004128448_nwwtimberline172.html

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January 4, 2008    The New York Times      
By Kathryn Matthews   Where Others Saw a Big Old Barn, They Saw a Home.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/travel/escapes/04away.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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December 19, 2007    The Wall Street Journal - interactive map
By Andrew Batson :  Harnessing China's Rivers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119802214926737977.html?mod=hpp_us_inside_today  

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December 18, 2007    The New York Times Regional      
By Sewell Chan    Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/dumbo-is-now-protected-as-a-historic-district/  

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June 13, 2007    BusinessWeek Architecture 
By James Murdock  : World Monuments Fund Unveils 2008 "Watch List".   
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2007/id20070613_725217.htm?chan=innovation_architecture_great+spaces

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April 16, 2007    BusinessWeek Companies 
By James Olan Hutcheson The End of a 1,400-Year-Old Japanese temple builder - Kongo Gumi.    
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/apr2007/sb20070416_589621.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5

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March 28, 2007    The Seattle Times Hualapai Indian Tribe  
By ROSS D. FRANKLIN / AP
:  Photography - The Grand Canyon Skywalk.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/traveloutdoors2003633312/1.html

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March 5, 2007   BBC News Technology  
By Jonathan Fildes :  The 'new age' of super materials.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6412057.stm

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February 15, 2007    CNN Money.com
By Alexandria LangOffice spaces of the future.
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0702/gallery.office_space.fortune/index.html

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January 07, 2007    The Washington Post
Courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum :  Earth From Space.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/galleries/070102/earthfromspace/index.html  

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January 02, 2007    BusinessWeek Architecture 
By Helen Walters  Libraries for the Internet Age.    

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/01/0102_wow_libraries/index_01.htm  

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June 22, 2006    BusinessWeek American Institute of Architects Awards  
Architectural Record Best Buildings of the Year.    

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/aia_arch/index_01.htm?campaign_id=netscape_realestate

 

 

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