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Today's News - May 28, 2002

Three days away…and there is so much to catch up with! Opinions abound regarding the future of the World Trade Center site, and urban planning in general. We will be spreading several other stories over the next few days (along with the current daily headlines, of course).

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Design Competition at 55 Water Street: Request for Qualifications due July 8- New York Times

Opinion: Marginal Role for Architecture at Ground Zero By Herbert Muschamp - Beyer Blinder Belle- New York Times

From Public, a Strong Voice for Rebuilding Twin Towers- New York Times

Lord Rogers to grill the government over its urban agenda: one of several high-profile speakers at an Urban Regeneration Conference...July 9- The Architects' Journal

Urban Success Story: Chicago a good map for Atlanta- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opinion: Sack the Stadium: ...forget about a football stadium across from Staples. Downtown needs housing, liveliness, culture--people who want to live an urban life. By William Fulton- Los Angeles Times

Congress Digs Deep For Visitors And Safety: Underground Center's Construction Begins - Alan M. Hantman, architect of the Capitol; RTKL; Ralph Appelbaum Associates- Washington Post

In New York, An Architect's Narrow Victory: Design for Austrian Cultural Forum Squeezes a Lot From Slim Pickings By Benjamin Forgey - Raimund Abraham- Washington Post

Architect diva looks to revive ancient Rome: ...ambitious, modernist venture -- a National Museum of Contemporary Art conceived by the Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid. (Reuters)- Zawya.com

Crate & Barrel structure is striking By Blair Kamin - Perkins & Will- Chicago Tribune

Rooms With a Mod View: A dormant 1955 building in downtown L.A. is transformed into a hotel that Austin Powers would love. - Koning Eizenberg Architecture; Shawn Hausman; Vladimir Kagan [images]- Los Angeles Times

Plan for revamp of Cork city gets go-ahead - Beth Gali- The Irish Times

Memorial's design under way: Stadium's lettering to be included in wall - Cochran, Stephenson & Donkervoet- Baltimore Sun

Super Models: Artists build fearful, hopeful visions of architecture at ICA- Boston Globe

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