{"id":131422,"date":"2025-08-09T09:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/131422\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:54:13","slug":"sicily-is-getting-a-e13-5-billion-bridge-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-about-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/131422\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicily Is Getting a \u20ac13.5 Billion Bridge\u2014and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
  • Italy just greenlit a \u20ac13.5 billion plan to build the world\u2019s longest single-span bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting Sicily to the mainland. Environmentalists are calling it a “colossal waste of money,” but supporters say the project could bring jobs and boost Southern Italy\u2019s economy. (The Guardian<\/a>)<\/li>\n
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    Across the U.S., cities are ditching the grid and embracing the wonky. Zoning reforms are unlocking hundreds of overlooked triangle slivers, crescent scraps, and strangely shaped lots for small-scale, multifamily housing in hopes of easing the nation\u2019s housing crisis. (The New York Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Roundabouts may decrease crashes, carbon, and commute times, but in Ashland, Kentucky, a $9 million plan to build more of them cost local officials their jobs and stirred up a full-blown culture war. (Bloomberg<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    In the 1980s, architect Lina Bo Bardi<\/a> reimagined Ladeira da Miseric\u00f3rdia in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, as a place for everyday life, not elite tourism. But now, decades later, the site is being revived as an arts center amid a wave of luxury development. Here\u2019s how her vision risks being overshadowed by looming gentrification. (The Architectural Review<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Italy just greenlit a \u20ac13.5 billion plan to build the world\u2019s longest single-span bridge across the Strait of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":131423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,171,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-131422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114998205684167307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}