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A Bridge Not Far Enough

By Hillary Brown / On September 24th, 2014

Editor’s note: Hillary Brown will be participating in a webinar with the Security and Sustainability Forum tomorrow afternoon. Registration is free. Brown will be talking with Jaime Lerner and James S. Russell about the role of architecture. September 29 update: The full webinar is now available for viewing.

Building Natural Systems in Seaside Cities

By Richard Burroughs / On September 23rd, 2014

Editor’s note: Richard Burroughs will be participating in a webinar with the Security and Sustainability Forum this afternoon. Registration is free. Burroughs will be talking with Timothy Beatley about connections between oceans and cities.

The End of an Error?

By Robert B. Gramling / On October 23rd, 2009

Between 1958 and 1968 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dug the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO)—pronounced as Mister Go. The outlet was a huge canal with an original bottom width of 500' and a depth of 36'. It was designed to bring shipping into the heart of New Orleans from the southeast, bypassing the Mississippi River. The construction required the excavation of more dirt than for the Panama Canal.