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Port Authority Bus Terminal Neglected With Agency Focus on Rail — Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

NYC’s Run-Down Bus Terminal Gets Approval for $10 Billion Revamp

New Uber-like ride-hailing service helps riders with disabilities in KC — Keith Myers/Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Kansas City Looks Back on its Long, Costly Ride With Microtransit

Since 2016, the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has offered door-to-door trips from on-demand shuttles. Here’s what the transit operator has learned.

FRANCE-RELIGION-MONUMENT-HERITAGE

Notre-Dame Reopens ‘More Beautiful Than Before’

Russian strikes leave destruction on Kostiantynivka

As Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban Destruction

SAUDI-ECONOMY-TRANSPORT

Riyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic Jams

In Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike Lanes

In Traffic-Weary Toronto, a Battle Breaks Out Over Bike Lanes

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In Italy’s Motor City, Car-Free Options Are Growing

New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier Seas

New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier Seas

Housing

BIZ-REAL-CHURCH-APARTMENTS-1-CS — The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Why Turning Churches Into Housing Is So Hard

Religious groups own millions of acres of land and thousands of empty buildings across the US. But converting this real estate into affordable homes takes more than just faith.

Eric Adams' Vanishing Promise to Fix NYC's 'Unfair' Property Taxes

AOC Proposes $30 Billion Social Housing Authority

Design

New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier Seas — SCAPE/Ty Cole

New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier Seas

Landscape architect Kate Orff’s unique shoreline protection device off Staten Island is designed to both prevent flooding and provide a new reef habitat.

CPKC Stadium in Kansas City — Nate Sheets Photography

In Kansas City, a First-Ever Stadium Designed for Women’s Sports Takes the Field

Designed for the Kansas City Current by the women-led architecture firm Generator Studio, CPKC Stadium aims to revive an urban waterfront without public funds.

General view of the building called " Ni — Alfredo Estrella/AFP

A Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist Architecture

The sprawling megacity hides a trove of weird and wonderful contemporary buildings. Its once-omnipresent VW Beetles provide a stylish way to see them.

In Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited Lift — Source: Cuyahoga County

In Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited Lift

Abandoned in the 1950s, the trolley level of the Detroit-Superior Bridge could soon be transformed into a “Low Line” public park, thanks to a federal grant.

Look at That Building: One River North — Iwan Baan/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Scoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo District

With its fractured facade and biophilic design, MAD Architects’ One River North evokes the canyons of the Rockies in one of Denver’s fastest-growing neighborhoods.

Design

New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier Seas — SCAPE/Ty Cole

New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier Seas

Landscape architect Kate Orff’s unique shoreline protection device off Staten Island is designed to both prevent flooding and provide a new reef habitat.

CPKC Stadium in Kansas City — Nate Sheets Photography

In Kansas City, a First-Ever Stadium Designed for Women’s Sports Takes the Field

Designed for the Kansas City Current by the women-led architecture firm Generator Studio, CPKC Stadium aims to revive an urban waterfront without public funds.

General view of the building called " Ni — Alfredo Estrella/AFP

A Bug’s Eye View of Mexico City’s Modernist Architecture

The sprawling megacity hides a trove of weird and wonderful contemporary buildings. Its once-omnipresent VW Beetles provide a stylish way to see them.

In Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited Lift — Source: Cuyahoga County

In Cleveland, a Forgotten Streetcar Bridge Gets a Long-Awaited Lift

Abandoned in the 1950s, the trolley level of the Detroit-Superior Bridge could soon be transformed into a “Low Line” public park, thanks to a federal grant.

Look at That Building: One River North — Iwan Baan/Sarah Schumacher for Bloomberg

Scoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo District

With its fractured facade and biophilic design, MAD Architects’ One River North evokes the canyons of the Rockies in one of Denver’s fastest-growing neighborhoods.

MapLab

Mary Baker Eddy Library, the Mapparium, Boston, Ma, USA

After Seven Years, Goodbye To MapLab Readers

How Historians Mapped the Lost Oyster Reefs of Europe

How Historians Mapped the Lost Oyster Reefs of Europe

In US Swing States, Migrants Aren’t Settling in Trump Country

In US Swing States, Migrants Aren’t Settling in Trump Country

A Map That Visualizes Walkable Neighborhoods Across the US

A Map That Visualizes Walkable Neighborhoods Across the US

Look at That Building

A series for the architecturally curious.

Look at That Building: Merchandise Mart

How Chicago’s Gigantic Merchandise Mart Is Still Thriving as Office Space

Book Tower

How Detroit Reclaimed a Towering Relic From the Roaring ’20s

Brooklyn's Twisting Apartment Towers Solve a Waterfront Puzzle

Brooklyn's Twisting Apartment Towers Solve a Waterfront Puzzle

A University Drops a ‘Stack of Books’ on Boston’s Skyline

A University Drops a ‘Stack of Books’ on Boston’s Skyline

Iconic Homes That Define Global Cities

How the way we live has shaped the history and architecture of urban neighborhoods.

Gers in Ulaanbaatar

An Affordable Nomadic Home Design Struggles to Adapt to Urban Life

Georgian town houses in Edinburgh, Scotland

How Edinburgh Tenements Became an Urban Housing Blueprint

South Korea Apartments

How Corporations Created the Prototypical Seoul Apartment

Majestic Victorian apartment building near Cadogan Square in the affluent and exclusive neighborhood of Chelsea, London

How Mansion Blocks Filled London With Stacks of Flats