Word: urban
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...that's just the top branch of a huge and troubled tree." There are signs that France is beginning to strike at the roots. Two weeks ago the Raffarin government established a new administration for renovating decrepit housing projects, a measure long sought by Junior Minister for Urban Affairs Jean-Louis Borloo. The National Agency for Urban Renovation intends to refurbish or build new housing for nearly 6 million banlieue residents by the end of 2008. Some of the program will involve the relocation of partial neighborhoods to more affluent city centers, and the project could initially create around...
...Science Center, which has become a part of the quotidian at Harvard. This insistence on the role of nature in public life was initially missing from Arad’s entry, Van Valkenburgh says, and was recaptured when Walker added legions of trees to the plaza that created an urban sanctuary in the middle of downtown Manhattan...
...comments stem from a popular urban legend that groups of single women are outlawed from living communally because together, they constitute a brothel under local law. In actuality, there are no laws that label a dwelling a whorehouse simply because a bunch of ladies of high repute are living in the same abode...
...you’re thinking about shaking out that trendy yet oh-so-filthy throw rug you picked up for a cool $50 at Urban Outfitters, you better think again. You’ll have to take your chores elsewhere, because municipal law forbids the shaking and cleaning of carpets or rugs in public commons of the city...
...something of a model for the plan to turn over security responsibility to Iraqis, with U.S. forces having withdrawn from the center of town. By shattering the morale and confidence of the Iraqi forces and highlighting their vulnerability, the insurgents hope to keep U.S. forces engaged in densely populated urban areas where they make easier targets and where counterinsurgency actions always risk alienating the local population...