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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
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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>1=35006
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June 1,
2010 YAHOO News
Associated Press : Construction spending
posts best gains in nearly a decade
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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
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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?
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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
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>1=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 Desmond
: Mass 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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March 28, 2007
The Seattle Times Hualapai Indian Tribe*****************************************************
March 5, 2007
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February 15, 2007
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January 07, 2007
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January 02, 2007
BusinessWeek Architecturehttp://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
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/aia_arch/index_01.htm?campaign_id=netscape_realestate
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