A $350 million bridge that was supposed to be a key link for trade and travel between China and North Korea is useless. It leads to a dirt field in North Korea: http://read.bi/1tg5iTj
Read More »BUILDING BLOCKS: Oak Creek Fire Station No. 1
The new building's technology will help the Oak Creek Fire Department do its job better.
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Read More »Duck … and cover
Can a giant yellow duck endear the public to a controversial mega-construction project in eastern Seoul: http://on.wsj.com/1xyve0O
Read More »Bouncing bridge too bouncy
When it opened in the spring of last year, a wooden trail bridge in Brooklyn bounced gently as it was walked upon, delighting residents and park visitors alike. But over time, the subtle bounce — part of the design — became more pronounced, then worrisome: http://nyti.ms/Zs1maB
Read More »Bumpy road is a sore, sad ride (VIDEO)
When I drive, I have two goals: Do not die and do not get lost. I am blind to everything else. But there is one road in Glendale that has rattled those blinders right off my face.
Read More »Beer pipeline
The De Halve Maan Brewery has won principal approval from a Belgium city for a beer pipeline that will carry its brew from its historic brewery to a bottling plant 2 miles away: http://n.pr/1wUC4x3
Read More »Walkie talkie
A city in China has unveiled a lane specially designated for people who want to walk as they use their cellphones: http://on.wsj.com/1s3jogp
Read More »Vote for your favorite bathroom
For the 13th straight year, Cintas Corp. is back with its popular America’s Best Restroom Contest: http://www.bdcnetwork.com/cintas-invites-public-vote-americas-best-restroom
Read More »‘Do you smell that?’
A county government building in southern New Mexico stinks: http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-news/ci_26517571/county-annex-buildings-basement-stinks
Read More »Taliesin troubles
The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture will lose its accreditation in 2017: http://bit.ly/1tWt6xE
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