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  • BLDGBLOG - Blogging urban architecture, strange landscapes, and futuristic structures. See photos from buildings and spaces all over the world. (featured in Feb 2006)
  • Chronicle of the Future - The Sunday Times speculates on happenings within the next 50 years. Find predictions yearly and by decadefor events from 2000 to 2049. (featured in Mar 2002)
  • From Domesticity to Modernity: What Was Home Economics? - Traces the history of home economics and its role with American women. Includes archival material from Cornell University's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. (featured in July 2001)
  • How Communities are Re-Using the Big Box - Collection of photographs and documents relating to the renovations and transformations of the buildings left behind when superstores move. (featured in Dec 2004)
  • Levittown, Pa. - Building the Suburban Dream - Explores the early history of Levittown from the perspective of those who built and lived the suburban dream. (featured in Mar 2004)
  • Los Angeles and the Problem of Urban Historical Knowledge - Multimedia examination of the Los Angeles metropolis. Includes text, images, and maps. (featured in Feb 2001)
  • Paper Plate Education - Collection of hands-on activities that use common paper plates for supporting lessons in science, math, history, geography, social studies, art, music, and other disciplines. (featured in Apr 2002)
  • Sprawl City - Focusing on consumption and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl and its effect on natural habitat and farmland around U.S. cities. (featured in Sep 2002)
  • Stuff That People Write on Money - Online collection of U.S. bills that have served as spare writing pads, ominous warnings, political jibes, and cryptic notes. (featured in Nov 2006)
  • They Rule - A view of U.S. business organizations and leadership that uses relationship maps to illustrate and analyze the influence exerted by the "power elite." (featured in Oct 2001)
  • Urban Curators - Project highlighting unexpected areas in urban environments and celebrating the beauty of the abandoned, unused, and decaying spaces of the inner city. (featured in Feb 2007)


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