Human Environment
Public and private places and buildings, including cities, monuments, parks and reservations
On the Elwha, a New Life When the Dam Breaks
A huge dam-removal project will reveal sacred Native American lands that have been flooded for a century
September 15, 2011 |
By Abigail Tucker
Remembering Robert Breer and Donald Krim
Looking at the careers of an avant-garde animator and a crucial film distributor
September 14, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Park(ing) Day’s Roadside Attraction
The founders of Park(ing) Day discuss the birth of their idea and how it became a global phenomenom
September 14, 2011 |
By Jeff Greenwald
Lost and Found: HBO and Ernst Lubitsch
A periodic update of film preservation projects.
September 09, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Why Go To Bulgaria?
Packing for an adventure to a place layered with relics from the Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Ottoman Turks and Soviets
September 08, 2011 |
By Alastair Bland
Using Movies to Debate Sign Language
A 1913 film mirrors contemporary conflicts over how best to teach the deaf
September 07, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
A Trip to the Moon as You’ve Never Seen it Before
One of the landmark films in cinema can now be seen in color
September 02, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
New Orleans Beyond Bourbon Street
From out-of-the-way jazz joints to po' boy shacks, a native son shares his favorite haunts in the Big Easy
September 2011 |
By Randy Fertel
How to Save the Taj Mahal?
A debate rages over preserving the awe-inspiring, 350-year-old monument that now shows signs of distress from pollution and shoddy repairs
September 2011 |
By Jeffrey Bartholet
Where to Find Old Films Online, Streamed Legally and for Free
Thousands of fascinating films are available for free streaming and download, if you know where to look
August 31, 2011 |
By Daniel Eagan
Dinosaur Sighting: Parry-sloffy
An affinity for lambeosaurine dinosaurs seems to run in the family
August 30, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
“Mrs. Sherlock Holmes” Takes on the NYPD
When an 18-year-old girl went missing, the police seemed content to let the case grow cold. But Grace Humiston, a soft-spoken private investigator, wouldn't let it lie
August 23, 2011 |
By Karen Abbott
Dinosaurs for Experts, or for Everyone?
Mounting a full dinosaur skeleton, some paleontologists believed, had more to do with art and architecture than with science
August 15, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
William Eggleston's Big Wheels
This enigmatic 1970 portrait of a tricycle took photography down a whole new road
August 2011 |
By Mark Feeney
Missoula: A Perfect Mix of Town and Country
Author Rick Bass trades wilderness for city life, Montana style
August 2011 |
By Rick Bass
American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music
"American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music," invites visitors to explore the Latino music, a sound that is at once distinctive, and all-American
July 20, 2011 |
By Arcynta Ali Childs
Los Angeles’ New Dinosaur Hall
Buzz about the new displays, particularly a trio of Tyrannosaurus growth stages, has been growing for months
July 19, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
Dinosaur Diamond: Utah Field House of Natural History
The humor and use of specimens to highlight fossil mysteries make this dinosaur museum an essential stop
July 05, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
A Visit to Dinosaur Court
See a gallery of images from a monument to a time when naturalists were only just beginning to understand prehistoric creatures
June 21, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
A Visit to Zoorassic Park
At zoos all over the country, animatronic dinosaur exhibits featuring menageries of jerking, growling dinosaurs have made a comeback
June 16, 2011 |
By Brian Switek
