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A megaproject is underway in the Central Valley to fix the sinking, crumbling Friant-Kern canal, Wilson Walker of KPIX CBS SF Bay Area reports.

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Architectural Digest contractor Nick Schiffer from NS Builders takes us through an abandoned 1930’s-era house in Pittsburgh, PA that’s asking only $20,000 for the keys.

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The city of Detroit is bouncing back from its legendary 2013 bankruptcy filing.

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Over the course of just a few short years, how did a simple dirt road in Ohio end up rivaling the beauty of Les Champs-Elysees in Paris?

Why People Thought Steel Houses Were a Good Idea | Vox

It was supposed to be the future of housing. What went wrong?

California High-Speed Rail Construction Update – Summer 2022

The California High-Speed Rail Authority Summer 2022 Construction Update highlights continued progress being made on the nation’s first high-speed rail project.

New Tilting Prompts Revamp of San Francisco's Millennium Tower Fix

NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit has learned that a recent acceleration in tilting of the Millennium Tower has prompted engineers in charge of the so-called “fix” to employ an unconventional strategy to prop up the building so as to stop it from leaning further while the rest of the work gets done, Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

Luxury Skyscraper Is Sinking But People Live There

Bright Side covers leaning structures.

Historic Building Collapses in Mount Airy

Fox8 WGHP reported a Historic building collapsed in Mount Airy.

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