Tag: Urban Planning

Eric Lach writes about the troubles surrounding the construction of 1 Seaport, a luxury Manhattan skyscraper that began leaning during construction. Something like this happening might come as a surprise in the modern times we live in, but Lach’s reporting reveals the combination...

A North Texas city wants to build a new reservoir to blunt the effect of future droughts. But many local ranchers say it would destroy their way of life.

How did the US become filled with sprawl? Simplistic debates about "centralized planning" versus "the free market" belie the truth: that a strong coalition of private and public interests helped create the sprawl that dominates our landscape.