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Dear ArchitectureWeek, As I walked through west Chelsea, near the Hudson River shoreline of Manhattan, a palpable sense of change was afoot — especially striking considering the impact of the recession on new construction across the nation. Among an aging urban fabric of midrise warehouse and residential buildings, many in various stages of renovation and repair, several new projects stood out.
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An art deco highrise in eastern Mississippi continues to deteriorate, as does one of the last remaining Negro League baseball stadiums, in New Jersey. A 1,300-year-old cultural site in Guam is threatened by U.S. Navy construction plans, and the character of Connecticut's scenic Merritt Parkway is at risk.
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NEW SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECTURE SFMOMA commissioned a new sculpture garden for the top of its parking structure, with provisions to connect to the main San Francisco Museum of Modern Art building — a late-20th-century classic that prefigured the wave of museums constructed following the Guggenheim Bilbao in 1997. Jensen & Macy Architects conceived of the garden, which was completed by successor firm Jensen Architects, as a gallery without a ceiling.
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More Architecture News Daily Architecture Headlines — Updated every day at ArchitectureWeek
Postcard from Manhattan — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0728
An Oil Spill in Michigan — New York Times, 2010.0728
Government Charges Architect and Developer with Housing Discrimination — Credit.com, 2010.0727
New-Home Sales in U.S. Probably Rose to Second-Lowest on Record — Bloomberg, 2010.0726
US New Home Sales Still Sluggish — BBC, 2010.0726
New Home Sales Rebound 24% — CNN, 2010.0726
Hawaiian Homeowner Watches Home Engulfed by Lava — Telegraph, 2010.0726
Milwaukee and Madison Break New Rainfall Records — Pierce County Herald, 2010.0723
Milwaukee Airport Closes as Torrential Rain Floods Airfield — USA Today, 2010.0723
Zaha Hadid Tipped to Win Stirling Prize for Architecture — Guardian Unlimited, 2010.0722
People and Places 2010.0721 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0721
Ahead of the Bell: Housing Starts — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0720
Weak Demand, Tight Credit Keeps Builders on the Sidelines — U.S. News & World Report, 2010.0720
Toll Brothers Forms Distressed Real Estate Business — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0719
Home-Builder Confidence Drops — Wall Street Journal, 2010.0719
Annual Home Sales, Prices 'Holding Its Own': ReMax Survey — HousingWire, 2010.0719
Rem Roars with Golden Lion Win — Architect's Newspaper, 2010.0716
Whitehaven Harbour Central Site: International Open Design Competition — Dexigner, 2010.0714
People and Places 2010.0714 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0714
FDIC Sues Former Executives at IndyMac's Homebuilding Loan Division — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0712
Oil Spill Update: Some Home Builders Get Hit Hard — Housing Watch, 2010.0712
China's Property-Price Gains Slow for Second Month — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0711
U.S. 30-Year Mortgage Rates Decline to Record 4.57% — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0708
Wells Fargo to Shut Subprime Lending Unit, Cut 3,800 Jobs — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0708
Despite a Rare Pedigree, Plan for Affordable Housing Collapses — New York Times, 2010.0708
Stephen Kanner Dies at 54 — Los Angeles Times, 2010.0707
Alberta Cultural Centre Wins Prairie Architecture Award — Canoe, 2010.0707
People and Places 2010.0707 — ArchitectureWeek, 2010.0707
Housing Shortage Makes Australian Home Prices Almost Twice U.S. — Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2010.0705
Home Refinancings Not as Numerous as Expected with Record Low Mortgage Rate — Dallas Morning News, 2010.0705
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