Elevated tracks at Queens Plaza, NYC - repainting begins The groundbreaking ceremony for Queens Plaza was hot, the traffic non-stop and...

July 19 — Washington Square park Walking home, in the warm breezes of this summer’s evening — Washington Square Park is alive! It seems...

Guangzhou (广州市区) The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition and its concurrent Guangzhou International Lighting Technology...

Hangzhou (杭州市区) Today Hangzhou is an important cultural center in China.  It was the capital of the Song Dynasty, starting 1127,  for...

Shanghai (上海) From Suzhou the bullet train to Shanghai took 40 minutes.  The view from the taxi window showcased a city festooned in...

A highlight of  our Shanghai trip was the visit to Gucheng Park (古代公园). On a hot June day people gathered in areas well suited… here men...

Image: MTC/California High-Speed Train from 1999 From Progressive Railroading: The Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009...

Triple Bridge Gateway was honored by the Society For Environmental Graphic Design’s MERIT AWARD on May 30, 2009. To learn more, join Leni...

May 17th – Meatpacking District Design ’09 An unusual breezy Sunday.  We met at the Standard Hotel. Quietly thrilling to walk a few...

A/E firms (and  sub-consultants who regularly team for public works) should get their Federal Forms  SF 330 updated and ready to create...

Greater New York Construction User Council and the Building Trades Employers’ Association at  AIA Center for Architecture (NYC), April...

Joan Grubin explains "Portal" to Leni I love the Mid-Manhattan Library on West 40th and Fifth Avenue, the poor  cousin to the 1911,...

Jean Parker Phifer, author and Francis Dzikowski, photographer have published a useful and inspiring guide to permanent public art in...

iGuzzini factory near Ancona, Italy The iGuzzini lighting factory is set near the Adriatic sea, tucked into a composition of small...

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Center, Brooklyn Museum; Photo by Aislinn Weidele/Polshek Partnership Architects After...

Ciao Italy — Ancona, Urbino and Rome; compliments iGuzzini, Sistemalux and Dulanski Group. Part 1: Fratelli Guzzini factory visit in...

In 2005, New Jersey’s waterside Liberty Science Center’s Great Hall building design was substantially underway. A revitalized science...

The visiting agencies were very helpful with the certification forms.  Additionally, we visited with MTA/LIRR and learned about the GEC...

Greater New York Construction User Council Panelists: Jason Bram (economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York), Seth Pinsky (President,...

Glasgow School of Art – one of his masterpieces. Louise Lockwood, director, and I spent three hours together exploring references,...