After Hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rico must lead with infrastructural innovation [Architect’s Newspaper]

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On September 18, Hurricane Fiona, a category 1 storm, struck the southern part of the island of Puerto Rico. All residents of our Caribbean commonwealth were without power, 75 percent without running water, and many suffered from historic flooding. The storm is estimated to have caused over $2 billion in damage and the deaths of…

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Rather than scrap the Open Restaurants program, the city should rethink it

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Sheds that were some of the first to pop up in the summer of 2020. Two years later, serving food and beverages from lunch until sometimes 4 a.m., they are still going strong, and I hope they continue to do that for as long as possible. Overnight, the city has radically transitioned from almost 100%…

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Project Highlight: ENLACE Landscape Architecture

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Since the early 20th century, the Martín Peña Canal in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been in a state of environmental decay. During the 1930s and 40s, the edges of the canal were filled and built on by informal communities, many of whom were marginalized and overlooked by the local government. In the ensuing decades,…

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