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The Height of Sustainability
The owners of the Empire State Building are turning the skyscraper into a model of energy efficiency. Read More »
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Return to a Mill Village
North Carolina native Emily Matchar on the creation of a textile heritage corridor Read More »
Story of the Week Archive
Angry New Yorkers
Patricia Burkhart grew up poor in Queens, N.Y. Her family couldn't take elaborate vacations, but they could take advantage of nearby state parks, and Burkhart never forgot what they meant to her.
Today, far removed from the poverty of her early years, Burkhart is standing up for New York's 178 state parks, believing they still make a difference in the lives of countless New Yorkers. Read More »
Story of the Day Archive
- New Group Hopes to Restore Ski Jump
Mar. 17, 2010 - SS United States Conservancy Fears Ship's Demolition
Mar. 16, 2010 - Threatened: Arizona School
Mar. 12, 2010 - Florida To Lose 1941 Shuffleboard Courts
Mar. 11, 2010
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Act Two
Driving the back roads of northern Virginia's Rappahannock County in 2004, Tom Glass came upon 30 acres of empty farmland for sale near the hamlet of Flint Hill. Glass, a Washington, D.C., builder who restores houses, bought the tract, hoping to turn it into a weekend retreat. But how? Read More »
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Making a Difference
Ryan Evans, 32, and Jeremy Knoll, 28, worked in Kansas—three states and 300 miles away from Louisiana. But when the friends learned that residents of New Orleans' Holy Cross neighborhood wanted to turn their storm-battered enclave into the nation's first carbon-neutral community, they saw an opportunity. Read More »
