Red light district swaps sin for skyscrapers
In Kamathipura, you could get a brothel-facing flat. But that isn't stopping middle-class folks from moving into new apartments in the neighbourhood. Asia's largest den of vice is getting g...
The Times of India,
Sat Nov 28 00:43:59 PST 2009
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Dubai mirage fading away
Dubai, a sleepy kingdom of sand dunes just 30 years ago, blossomed into a tax-free business haven, a magnet for celebrities like Brad Pitt and Hilary Swank and a showcase for record-setting...
New York Post,
Sat Nov 28 03:56:13 PST 2009
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Dubai World's US$60m debt freeze is 'carefully planned'
... the world's tallest under construction building, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008. Skyscrapers here continue to rise and New Year's parties running to well over...
ETaiwanNews.com,
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:37:34 GMT
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Brad Pitt
The Float House, at right, designed by the architect Thom Mayne, and, at left, a house by the GRAFT architecture firm, in the Lower Ninth Ward.
New York Times,
Sat Nov 28 06:41:30 PST 2009
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Green and How I Got Here
... handle all of the animal skinning duties. She saw Illinois once, but the 100-mile journey severely weakened her. Skyscrapers? Railroads? When you get a wood-burning passenger jet off t...
CBS News,
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:59:10 GMT
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Rick Steves' Europe: Frankfurt
Cosmopolitan Frankfurt, while low on Old World charm, offers a good look at today's no-nonsense, modern Germany. If you're a budget traveler, you'll likely fly into or out of this major hub...
San Francisco Chronicle,
Fri Nov 27 12:01:49 PST 2009
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OK Go new album details
... lot more. Track listings are as follows: 1. WTF? 2. This Too Shall Pass 3. All Is Not Lost 4. Needing/Getting 5. Skyscrapers 6. White Knuckles 7. I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe 8. E...
Music-News.com,
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:20 GMT
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Small REIT Bargains
If you want to buy a REIT at a recent price these days, settle for a little one.
Forbes,
Sat Nov 28 03:06:14 PST 2009
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Ice Skate Amid Skyscrapers
I'm still seeing people wearing flip-flops, and most days we're basking in warm sunshine.
About.com,
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:39:03 GMT
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Dan Agin: More Than Genes I: When Environment Programs the Fetus
On the morning of September 11, 2001, some 3000 people died in front of our eyes in a crazy scene of airliners crashing into skyscrapers...
The Huffington Post,
Fri Nov 27 06:25:03 PST 2009
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Behind The Scene Of The Tallest Building In Town
... angle is outrageous. The developers say the first skyscraper in 17 years is about jobs, money, and prestige. Skyscrapers are designed to present an image about a business or a region. ...
WKRC-TV Cincinnati,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:27:48 GMT
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Dubai Debt Issues Push Stocks Down
For some reason, spending billions on skyscrapers and man-made palm-shaped island leads to...debt! So far, the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq have fallen at least 1% (even up to 2% as soon a...
Gothamist,
Fri Nov 27 08:43:56 PST 2009
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Skyscrapers would sprout in proposed transit district
... (California) November 20, 2009 Friday FINAL Edition Main News; Pg. A1 1076 words A towering Transbay plan; Skyscrapers would sprout in proposed transit district - one even taller than ...
Planning,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:53:01 GMT
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Dubai's dramatic boom over the last decade in pictures
A rare mist fills Dubai's business district, among the more familiar sight of skyscrapers and construction projects.
Daily Telegraph,
Thu Nov 26 22:56:54 PST 2009
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Finland's First Skyscrapers
An Italian firm plans to build the first skyscrapers in a central district in Helsinki, intended to house both homes and offices.
PLANetizen,
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:45:08 GMT
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Dubai Babylon: The glitz, the glamour
Dubai, the Arabian city state that tried to turn itself into Manhattan-on-the-Gulf inside a decade, looks this weekend as if it may end up more like an expensive imitation of Sodom and Gomo...
Independent,
Sat Nov 28 16:02:23 PST 2009
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The Tall Building: Artistic Responses
... aren't strictly accurate - to pop culture works like Scorcese's Taxi Driver or the whole punk movement. Skyscrapers, especially those we're expected to live in, seem to draw our partic...
Vue Weekly,
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:14:29 GMT
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Guantanamo Bay: depressed US towns battle to house detainees in 'Gitmo North'
Several blighted US towns are battling for the right to host terror detainees in their own backyards in an unusual case of reverse "nimbyism".
Daily Telegraph,
Sat Nov 28 12:49:17 PST 2009
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WCPE Celebrates Thanksgiving
... 5pm GERSHWIN An American in Paris; 29 SUN 2pm BARBER Adagio for Strings; 3pm CARPENTER Skyscrapers; 5pm DVORAK New World Symphony. (All times ET.) Throughout the weekend the music ...
PRWeb on Topix.net,
Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:17 GMT
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President Hugo Chavez's revolution in Venezuela limits singing in shower
Venezuela's revolutionary president, Hugo Chavez, is battling power cuts and water shortages by telling people to stop singing in their showers.
Daily Telegraph,
Sat Nov 28 12:34:27 PST 2009
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