The Economist4d
What can the world’s most walkable cities teach other places?
Matteo Bruno and his colleagues at the Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Rome calculated the walkability of more than ...
Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...
One of the UK’s prettiest market towns to get £1million attration revamp
THE beautiful market town of Devizes in Wiltshire is getting a new look. The Wiltshire Museum is getting a £1million revamp ...
WBUR14d
Map: Who is — and isn't — complying with the MBTA Communities Act?
Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to rezone parts of town to allow more multi-family housing near public transportation, thanks to the MBTA Communities Act. Aimed at ...
USA Today15d
25 years ago, Reno's historic Mapes Hotel-Casino was demolished. Take a look back with us
It opened as Nevada's tallest building in 1947, and its Sky Room overlooked a town that remained little more than a speck on a railroad map ... Walter Cronkite, Herb Caen, Pete Rozelle, Red ...
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25 years ago, Reno's historic Mapes Hotel-Casino was demolished. Take a look back with us
It opened as Nevada's tallest building in 1947, and its Sky Room overlooked a town that remained little more than a speck on a railroad map. "I remember it going ... Walter Cronkite, Herb Caen, Pete ...