Bali government shuts down project to build intrusive glass elevator at pristine beach

Bali government shuts down project to build intrusive glass elevator at pristine beach

The 182m-tall glass lift was being built beside this delicate karst cliff at Kelingking Beach on Nusa Penida Island in Bali, shown here in 2020 (Dini Rosyadah Tridya/Creative Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0) After images of the works went viral, the governor of Bali has shut down a controversial, Chinese-financed scheme to build a skyscraper-tall glass elevator […]

The World Cup is coming to Atlanta, spurring a historic district’s rebirth

The World Cup is coming to Atlanta, spurring a historic district’s rebirth

Signs for Underground Atlanta are the first thing subway riders see when they emerge from the east exit of the Five Points subway station onto a downtown Atlanta street. The four-block area has a storied history. Originally a Reconstruction-era railroad hub, the area morphed into a commercial district in the 1920s when city leaders built […]