August 2009
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Makeover of Sharpstown mall in doubt in legal... →
A plan to turn Sharpstown Center into a $350 million mixed-use development has come under fire from the mall’s owner and manager, who allege in a lawsuit that their rejected proposal was improperly used to help another developer make its own bid. The board of the Southwest Houston Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone recently voted to support a plan by a local real estate firm to redevelop the...
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“New Jersey, an unfortunate interlude between New York and Philadelphia, has long...”
– Made in New Jersey - Counterfeit Chic
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Ruined Nation - Abandoned places documented by... →
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“In a highly unusual decision for a news organization, Time has purchased a...”
– Bill McGraw: Media giant buys Detroit home for reporters to track city | Detroit Free Press | Freep.com
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“In 2004, her eighty-eighth year, Jane Jacobs published her last book, Dark Age...”
– New York: The Prophet - The New York Review of Books
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