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Today's News - May 11, 2006

America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, from New Orleans to Ground Zero. -- WTC memorial woes: promises of fidelity to "vision" (not "design"). -- In Cleveland, better to re-use a Breuer building than bulldoze it. -- Canadian developers catching "green" fever. -- A British minister caught in double-speak: "breathtaking hypocrisy" regarding housing developments (a NIMBY-ist at heart?). -- Another massive urban development planned for Dubai. -- Real-time maps could make cities more livable. -- Austin's newest skyscraper will be "a sleek, flared glass tower." -- A new Dublin gallery makes art sing. -- Lectures in Tel Aviv introduce Israelis to Abalos and Herreros; and Betsky lands "a punch in the face of the Israeli world of planning and architecture." -- Q&A with Mike Davis/"Planet of Slums." -- Long live Jane Jacobs (but perhaps she should have spent more time in Brooklyn and Queens than Greenwich Village). -- Stardom finally finds "the most prolific designer you've never heard of."

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America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places: Ranging from flood-ravaged communities to the staircase used by World Trade Center survivors... [images, links]- National Trust for Historic Preservation

Cost and Safety Put [WTC] Memorial's Striking Vision at Risk: Even as they contemplate a radical revision of the ground zero memorial in the interests of economy, security and politics, officials promise fidelity to what they call the "Arad-Walker vision,"...It is telling that they use the word "vision," not "design."- New York Times

Saving downtown high-rise draws support: ...could save tens of millions of dollars by renovating a 35-year-old downtown office tower designed by Marcel Breuer instead of tearing it down and replacing it. By Steven Litt -- Douglas Hoffman/Weber Murphy Fox; Davis Brody Bond- Cleveland Plain Dealer

Developers catch 'green' building fever: LEED applications rise steadily since program began...has almost doubled over the past 11 months as they scramble to keep up with public demand. -- Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)- Business Edge (Canada)

[Communities minister] Ruth Kelly exposed as champion Nimby: ...accused of double standards after pledging this week to "root out" the Not-in-my-backyard...tendency to oppose new housing developments.- Telegraph (UK)

Dubai World Central makes urban planning history: ...a massive, multi-phase [$33 billion] development centred around the world’s largest international airport...a new city where eventually some 750,000 people will live and work...- Property World Middle East (Dubai)

Real-Time Maps Could Help Make Cities More Livable: MIT's Carlo Ratti uses location data from cell phones and laptops to create maps of human activity in cities...gives insight into where people like to work and how traffic flows...- Technology Review (MIT)

World-renowned architects designing Austin high-rise: ...a sleek, flared glass tower that would dramatically alter downtown's skyline. -- Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects [image]- Austin American-Statesman (Texas)

New Hugh Lane Gallery building makes art sing...on Dublin's Parnell Street...This building is an art lover. -- Des McMahon/Gilroy McMahon Architects- Irish Times

Guest lecturers: Abalos and Herreros are the most prominent of the middle generation of architects after the end of the Franco era...Aaron Betsky landed a direct hit in the face of the Israeli world of planning and architecture. By Esther Zandberg- Ha`aretz (Israel)

Turning a Planet into a Slum: What the urban dumping grounds of the poor mean for all of us. Q&A with Mike Davis/"Planet of Slums"- Mother Jones

Jane Jacobs is Dead; Long Live Jane Jacobs: Everyone who reads The Death and Life should follow it up with...Kunstler's The Geography of Nowhere, that other great -- and even angrier -- book written by an "amateur" about the past, present and future of American cities and towns. By Frank J. Gruber- The LookOut (Santa Monica, CA)

Belatedly, Stardom Finds a 20th-Century Master: Viktor Schreckengost may be the most prolific designer you've never heard of. But that is about to change. [images]- New York Times

-- Maya Lin: Confluence Project, Cape Disappointment State Park, Ilwaco, Washington
-- Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

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