• Why is there so much secrecy surrounding the pending demolition of Texas Stadium? Here’s a hint: It has to do with corporate sponsorship. Nowadays you can not only pay to have a building built in your name — you can also pay to have it destroyed. (Demolition News)
• Unemployment rates for construction workers continue their ceaseless climb, reaching 19.4% in November. What was that about a WPA-type plan not being a good idea? (ENR.com)
• Could Big Oil and other mega-companies actually be responsible for widespread social change? Jared Diamond opines. (NY Times)
• Bloomberg backs down on the “Greener, Greater Buildings Plan” that promised to take the city’s emissions down 30% by 2030. (Village Voice)
• The mayor of St. Louis has suggested (via Twitter) that citizens text pictures of potholes, broken streetlights, and other problems to the Citizens Service Bureau. Or they could just wait for our upcoming iPhone app. (More on that later) (Urban Review STL)
• And finally, for all you New Yorkers: Will your parents soon be moving to Williamsburg? (The Real Deal)
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December 7th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
San Francisco already uses Twitter for street problems and it seems to work fairly well…@SF311