I’ve never had a chance to ride this. It’s also not surprising how well the system looks, considering it’s for the Feds. In comparison, the DC Metro was completed in the mid 1970’s and is in need of many repairs and general maintenance. Where as, the Capitol Subway was built in the early 1900’s and looks relatively clean and maintained.
Via – BeyondDC City
I’ve never had a chance to ride this. It’s also not surprising how well the system looks, considering it’s for the Feds. In comparison, the DC Metro was completed in the mid 1970’s and is in need of many repairs and general maintenance. Where as, the Capitol Subway was built in the early 1900’s and looks relatively clean and maintained.
Via – BeyondDC 
Interesting selection of really narrow buildings in Japan. In particular, the building in Nagasaki (below), which apparently holds a restaurant, doesn’t even look wide enough for a human. How does it even work? See the link for more images of narrow buildings.
Via WebUrbanist – Narrower Towers: 20 Of Japan’s Thinnest Buildings 
An airport in Japan, Narita International Airport, recently completed the second runway expansion necessary to handle the regions growth and increased air traffic. This is however no ordinary expansion. The engineers had to build around an existing farm. The owner of the farm apparently refused to move and take any form of compensation for his land. So the airport built around him. I’m not sure of the person’s logic but I certainly would not want to live next to an airport regardless of my connection to the land. I wonder if he is now pleased with his decision to to stay now that an enormous airport surrounds his property.
Via deconcrete – interrupted dreams
I came across an interesting piece on a plan that had Frank Lloyd Wright designing a very different Crystal City.
Why we’re all better off because Frank Lloyd Wright’s Crystal City was never built
Simply amazing architectural & engineering photos, by Jamey Stillings, of the recently completed Hoover Dam Bypass.