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The first question in designing a memorial for the World Trade Center and the people who died in its collapse is whether or not to rebuild the powerful symbol of the twin towers. In my eyes, these two extremestwo colossal skyscrapers or their gaping absence in the middle of the...
These decisions will be complicated by the development of new surveillance technologies, which can increase the power of law enforcement but run the risk of treading on civil liberties. For instance, new systems of security cameras have been developed to include face-recognition technology. Though currently imperfect, these cameras could...
The streets of Tokyo are beginning to stink like New York did when I lived there in the 1980s." That's just about the worst insult you could deliver in Japan, but Yasunori Fukugawa, 47, a professor of urban planning, isn't the only one who sniffs trouble. In the...
Sources: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; Associated Press; Skyscrapers, by Judith Dupre, Perpetual Motion, by Joe Mysak and Schiffer
Looking left on windy days, the expertly engineered skyscrapers of steel and glass would rock gently in the wind. As a child I was afraid that they would fall, tumbling in the force of the howling winds. As I grew older, I learned that the 110-story buildings were specifically...