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Rebuilding the Middle East (Neighborhood in Baltimore)
Adam Rothstein | Thu, Aug 28th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Baltimore | Tags: baltimore, johns hopkins, middle east, biotech, adam rothstein | 0
Baltimore’s Middle East neighborhood is undergoing a lot of construction for a $1.8 billion redevelopment project called Johns Hopkins Biotech Park. Will it reinvigorate the economy with jobs and new schools, or will it cause further deterioration of the area? Like the controversy surrounding Charity Hospital and another university-funded hospital project in New Orleans, this project has come to the city with equal amounts praise and problems.
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Dubai, city of excess, now has the world’s biggest phallus
Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Feb 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, dubai, japan, middle east, tallest building, phallus, burj dubai, luxury apartment, sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, steve kroft | 1
Welcome to Dubai!
If you turn to your left, you’ll notice a 2000 ft. long penis sticking out of the desert. That would be the “Burj Dubai,”(more)
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