Quoted: You're walking home alone one night through pedestrian unfriendly, darkly lit corridors. All of a sudden, you trigger a sensor and projectors spray the pavement with technicolor lights. Ebullient geometries seemingly float above the asphalt.

360 degree views from the top and base of the Shukhov Tower!

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Quoted: The regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appears to be rolling back reforms and putting succession plans on hold. Speculation has been swirling about whether the ailing Kim has anointed his youngest son as successor. But, as NPR's Louisa Lim reports — after a rare five-day visit to North Korea — Kim Jong Il now is back on center stage.

Quoted: A particularly high-profile farmers market opened in Washington, D.C., this week. It's just two blocks from the White House -- and the first customer was the first lady. Michelle Obama shopped for potatoes, peppers and Tuscan kale with Secret Service agents all around.

New developments in Kibera

Video of a lecture on urban hydrology by Fernando de Mello Franco

Interesting article on temporary galleries by gravitymax...

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Retail spaces present a unique kind of site-specificity, from the shape of the space to traces of leftover consumerism.

Quoted: We are environmentalists, neighborhood leaders, business people, and citizens working together to enhance our quality of life, help preserve our region’s natural beauty, and make Seattle a model of economic and environmental sustainability.

Quoted: Moses, who was instrumental in shaping modern New York City, is depicted in Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning book as a power-hungry bureaucrat who, while never elected, had more control over public works than most mayors and governors ...