'The Way We Live': On the West Side, mixed-income housing delivers fresh hope
The roughly $41 million project was completed last fall as part of a federal program known as Hope VI, which seeks to replace dilapidated public housing developments with mixed-income communities.
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Sheep Lawn Mowers, and Other Go-Getters
As the economy continues to freeze people out of the traditional job market, a number of entrepreneurs are starting small agricultural businesses.
Central Park Bowlers Roll Out the Green Carpet
Despite their all-white attire and exclusive, finely manicured preserve in Central Park, the New York Lawn Bowling Club is trying to revise its patrician image.
Pedestrian Pathways
A clever network of pathways crisscrossing the Berkeley hills helped transform the bare brown hills into some of Berkeley’s most beautiful and romantic neighborhoods.
George Ballas, Inventor of the Weed Whacker, Dies at 85
Inspired by swirling soap brushes at a car wash, the owner of a Houston dance studio took tin can, fishing line and a rotary lawn edger in hand, and the Weed Eater was born.
Landscaping With Less Water
People around the world are dealing with an increasingly pressing problem: How to manage lawns when local water supplies are badly stretched.
