21 Nov 07

Starting in the spring, scientists from the Smithsonian Institute used motion-triggered cameras to snap pictures of animals along a stretch of the famous footpath

by wyclif 18 years ago

31 Jul 07

12 Oct 05


“What has changed over the past century, the author says, is that an increasing number of citizens have achieved the financial means to participate in what was once an exclusive luxury of the wealthy.”

by wyclif 20 years ago

08 Oct 05

“Sprawl isn’t what it used to be, some experts contend. Is it time we stopped worrying and learned to love the subdivision?”

by wyclif 20 years ago

28 Sep 05

“Civic authorities agree that the key to urban prosperity is appealing to the “hipster set” of gays, twentysomethings and young creatives. But the only evidence for this idea comes from the dot-com boom of the late 1990s—and that time is over.”

by wyclif 20 years ago

26 Sep 05

“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the “public use” provision of the “takings clause” of the 5th Amendment of the Constitution permits the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes that provide public benefit under a Connecticut statute.”

by wyclif 20 years ago

07 May 05



“the reality of the modern West is one of look-alike stripmalls, snarled traffic, air pollution, and ranches sold for subdivisions. Like most places in America, this is a region under siege by unplanned low-density development – sprawl.”

by wyclif 21 years ago


09 Nov 04

“People in established suburbs are moving out to vast sprawling exurbs that have broken free of the gravitational pull of the cities and now exist in their own world far beyond.”

by wyclif 21 years ago