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2019-10-13
Two Dead, One Missing After Partial Collapse of Hotel Under Construction in New Orleans (USA Today)
USA Today
A second person has died in Saturday's collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel on Canal Street in New Orleans.The city's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness confirmed the death to the Associated Press on Sunday. One person is still unaccounted for.A search and rescue team has been deployed to a stable portion of the building to search for another missing person. Authorities said ... Read More
2019-10-11
Blair Kamin: Lincoln Park Zoo's Playful New Gateway Works. Too Bad Its Motorized Gate Doesn't. (The Daily Southtown)
The SouthtownStar
Oct. 11--When architecture works, it delights our eyes and lifts our spirits. And when it doesn't work, it's frustrating for all concerned -- architects, clients and the broader public. A Lincoln Park Zoo visitor center, now nearing its first birthday but still a work in progress, reveals both sides of this complex coin. Called the Searle Visitor Center and located at the east end of the ... Read More
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2019-10-12
One Dead, Three Missing After Partial Collapse of Hotel Under Construction in New Orleans
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Hard Rock Hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans' historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday morning, leaving at least one person dead and three unaccounted for, authorities said. Nearby buildings were evacuated and officials said the building and a 270-foot (82.3-meter) construction crane still looming over the site were considered unstable. It was not ... Read More
2019-10-11
FEMA Approves Initial Funding for Long-Sought Houston Flood-Control Project
Houston Chronicle
Oct. 11--The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday approved initial funding for a $131 million flood mitigation project that would cut a new channel in downtown Houston and improve several bridges over White Oak Bayou, allowing water to flow freely beneath them during floods. The new channel, dubbed the North Canal Bypass and first envisioned in the 1970s, would reroute water just ... Read More
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2019-10-10
Northern Calif. Businesses Face Reality of Electrical Outages
Associated Press
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Retailers and other businesses, from hardware chains to coffee shops, are dealing with a new economic reality of electrical outages in Northern California. Many struggled to keep their businesses open on the second day after the nation's biggest utility Pacific Gas & Electric cut off power to more than a million people to mitigate the risk of wildfires as heavy winds ... Read More
2019-10-10
Inga Saffron: Whoever Designed Columbus Square's 'Roundhouse,' the Modernist Pavilion Deserves to be Saved (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Philadelphia Inquirer
Oct. 10--Who really designed the whimsical stone pavilion in Columbus Square? In March, I wrote a column attributing the 1960 building with the crown-shaped roof to Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher, the pioneering architect who was the first woman in Philadelphia to receive a state license in the field. But the Department of Parks & Recreation maintains that the community center was actually designed ... Read More
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2019-10-09
Study Finds Wealthier Counties Get More FEMA Buyouts of Flood-Prone Homes
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though lower-income rural areas may be more likely to flood frequently, a new study finds. The reason is probably that better-off local governments have the resources to apply for and administer the programs — and that could keep many of the people who most need buyouts from ... Read More
2019-10-10
Pulse Memorial Designs Range from Sublime to Curious (Orlando Sentinel)
Orlando Sentinel
Oct. 10--The six design finalists for the $45 million Pulse Memorial & Museum would bring sweeping landscapes, somber reflecting ponds, engraved walls and in one case a towering, 400-foot-tall edifice visible not only from neighboring Interstate 4 but from several miles away. The sometimes controversial effort, led by the nonprofit onePULSE Foundation, allows for public comment on the designs ... Read More
2019-10-10
'A Serious Urban Mistake': Why Paris Went Sour on the New Gare du Nord (Guardian)
Guardian
“When you tell people in Paris you live near the Gare du Nord, they usually grimace,” sighed Sarah, a French academic in her 50s who has lived on a narrow, traffic-choked street next to Europe’s busiest station for 30 years. “Architecturally, the station building is superb. But neighbourhoods around stations are never easy, wherever they are in the world.” Sarah is part of a local residents’ ... Read More
2019-10-08
Mexican Official: Canceled, Partly Built Mexico City Airport Is Useless
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican official said Tuesday that a cancelled airport project on which at least $2 billion was spent is useless. Opponents of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have criticized cancellation of the partly built airport that could have cost as much as $15 billion when finished, saying abandonment of the project is a waste. The business and civic groups have sought court ... Read More