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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
As Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, removes the physical scars of more than a decade of war with Russia, how will the city remember the forces that destroyed it? Very carefully.

geposted in Chechnya (Russia), Monuments and Memorials, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Russia | No Comments »
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
As Grozny, Chechnya’s capital, removes the physical scars of more than a decade of war with Russia, how will the city remember the forces that destroyed it? Very carefully.

geposted in Chechnya (Russia), Monuments and Memorials, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Russia | No Comments »
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
America has missed an opportunity to reimagine an urban area at a time when China has proved that no project is impossible.

geposted in Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans (La), Blakely, Edward J, Area Planning and Renewal, Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Restoration and Rehabilitation, China | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Before renovations began at Izumo Taisha, one of Japan?s oldest and most famous Shinto shrines, it opened to the public for the first time in six decades.

geposted in Shinto, Priests, Religion and Churches, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Japan | No Comments »
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Returning families in many areas of Baghdad are still a trickle, indicating that even though sectarian killings seem to have ended, the distrust they sowed lingers.

geposted in Sunni Muslims, Area Planning and Renewal, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Immigration and Refugees, United States Armament and Defense, Baghdad (Iraq) | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Far from Beijing and its gathering of Olympic athletes, victims of the earthquake that devastated Sichuan Province learn to use prosthetic limbs at a medical center.

geposted in Chengdu (China), Earthquakes, Physical Therapy, Children and Youth, Medicine and Health, Handicapped, Olympic Games (2008), Restoration and Rehabilitation, China | No Comments »
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
Some of Beijing?s traditional courtyard homes are being refurbished with a mix of modern sensibility and respect for original detail.

geposted in Housing, Area Planning and Renewal, Beijing (China), Buildings (Structures), Historic Buildings and Sites, Architecture, Restoration and Rehabilitation | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Projects to develop more windmill farms in the Netherlands, to generate electricity, have stirred up interest in restoring the older mills that dot the Dutch countryside.

geposted in Windmills, Wind, Energy and Power, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Global Warming, Netherlands | No Comments »
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company?s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays.

geposted in Angkor (Cambodia), Angkor Wat (Cambodian Temple), Museums, Thailand, Cambodia, Restoration and Rehabilitation | No Comments »
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company?s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays.

geposted in Angkor (Cambodia), Angkor Wat (Cambodian Temple), Museums, Thailand, Cambodia, Restoration and Rehabilitation | No Comments »