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  • October 2008

    • Developers Plan Feast on Thoreau's 'Silver Platter'

      Bloomberg  |  Oct 1, 08 4:33 PM CDT

      Developers Plan Feast on Thoreau's 'Silver Platter'

      (Newser) - It was once Thoreau’s “gleaming silver platter,” and now developers want to eat off it. A Seattle developer wants to put 1,000 hotel rooms and condos around Maine’s Moosehead Lake, Bloomberg reports. The proposed construction on mostly private land abutting a huge tract of forest has won supporters among officials eager to create jobs and pragmatists saying it beats haphazard construction. More »

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      conservation  • Maine  • development

  • September 2008

    • Coney Island's Astroland to Shut Down

      New York Post  |  Sep 4, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      Coney Island's Astroland to Shut Down

      (Newser) - The iconic Astroland, one of two theme parks on New York’s Coney Island, will close for good on Sunday, the New York Post reports. Owner Carol Albert said she couldn't strike a lease deal with the 46-year-old site's developer and landlord. The park’s historic (and bruising) Cyclone rollercoaster will survive, a bitter victory for summer fun enthusiasts. The developer promises that a new park will be in place by next year. More »

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      New York City  • real estate  • development  • Coney Island  • lease  • Astroland  • rollercoasters

  • July 2008

    • Be Bold, Baltimore: We Need a Downtown Arena

      Baltimore Sun  |  Jul 25, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      Be Bold, Baltimore: We Need a Downtown Arena

      (Newser) - Baltimore is big enough—and its future bright enough—to build a new sports arena downtown, and all those "nattering negativists" who think otherwise need to get out of their basements more, writes Dan Rodricks in the Baltimore Sun . Plans to tear down First Mariner Arena and put up a new facility for hockey and basketball should move ahead quickly—with the result being a re-energized downtown. More »

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      Baltimore  • Maryland  • development

  • June 2008

    • Proposed Philly Mega-Skyscraper Rivals US' Best

      Philadelphia Daily News  |  Jun 20, 08 4:15 PM CDT

      Proposed Philly Mega-Skyscraper Rivals US' Best

      (Newser) - Philadelphia took a step toward entering America's mega-skyscraper club today, the Daily News reports, with a city councilman introducing zoning legislation for a building that, at 1,500 feet, would eclipse Chicago's Sears Tower. Plenty of bureaucratic hurdles remain for the proposed American Commerce Center, including retooling the city's planning commission.  More »

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      real estate  • Philadelphia  • mayor  • skyscraper  • Michael Nutter  • development

  • May 2007

    • Hospitals Build 'Womb Rooms' for Preemies

      New York Times  |  May 29, 07 5:36 PM CDT

      Hospitals Build 'Womb Rooms' for Preemies

      (Newser) - With preterm births soaring—and tinier preemies surviving—many hospitals are redesigning their neonatal units to provide environments closer to those babies experience in utero, the New York Times reports. The new rooms are darker and quieter, and provide space for skin-to-skin contact with parents (not to speak of places for parents to sleep). More »

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      children  • family  • baby  • infant  • development  • womb  • preemies

    • China's Drivers Steer Clear of Tolls

      International Herald Tribune  |  May 16, 07 6:02 PM CDT

      China's Drivers Steer Clear of Tolls

      (Newser) - Tolls are literally taking a toll in China, where thrifty motorists try to steer around the tollbooths cropping up on the country's highways. An infrastructure boom has created 40,000 kilometers of new toll roads since 1990, and drivers are doing anything—from faking toll-exempt plates to making long detours on back roads—to avoid the pricey fees. More »

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      China  • Driving  • development  • toll  • tollbooth

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