NYTIMES (Jaime Lowe) - The Long Road to Rebuilding Lahaina After the 2023 Wildfire
Hawaii’s housing crisis was at a breaking point even before the fire. Since then, displaced families have struggled to rebuild their lives.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Robert De Niro reflects on reviving Lower Manhattan through the Tribeca Film Festival after 9/11
Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal launched the Tribeca Film Festival just eight months after the September 11 attacks, aiming to help Lower Manhattan heal and rebuild when many feared the city would never recover. As the world watched in horror on September 11, 2001, Robert De Niro saw the devastation firsthand. He described returning […] The post Robert De Niro reflects on reviving Lower Manhattan through the Tribeca Film Festival after 9/11 appeared first on American Almanac .
Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal launched the Tribeca Film Festival just eight months after the September 11 attacks, aiming to help Lower Manhattan heal and rebuild when many feared the city would never recover. As the world watched in horror on September 11, 2001, Robert De Niro saw the devastation firsthand. He described returning to Lower Manhattan from a Midtown meeting, witnessing smoke pouring from the North Tower, and then watching the South Tower collapse. De Niro recalled, "I couldn't believe, I couldn't believe it. I looked to my left where I have a big television and so confirmed it on CNN." The aftermath left the downtown area blanketed in dust, with water trucks spraying the streets every few hours in an attempt to keep it…Open
NYTIMES (Paul Goldberger) - What Ground Zero Should Have Been
25 years on, some regrets.
WASHINGTONPOST (N. Kirkpatrick) - Can you rebuild a community before you rebuild its homes?
A billionaire bets on a luxury shopping mall to bring community back after a fire devastated a California neighborhood last year.
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Only 61 Malibu homes are rebuilding 18 months after the Palisades Fire — and residents blame red tape
Eighteen months after the Palisades Fire destroyed at least 700 structures along Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway, just 61 homes are being rebuilt, and homeowners say city permitting, state regulations, and insurance gaps have turned recovery into a second disaster. The fire broke out on January 7, 2025. Nearly 600 of the structures lost were single-family […] The post Only 61 Malibu homes are rebuilding 18 months after the Palisades Fire — and residents blame red tape appeared first on American Almanac .
Eighteen months after the Palisades Fire destroyed at least 700 structures along Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway, just 61 homes are being rebuilt, and homeowners say city permitting, state regulations, and insurance gaps have turned recovery into a second disaster. The fire broke out on January 7, 2025. Nearly 600 of the structures lost were single-family homes, according to figures then-Mayor Marianne Riggins provided to Realtor.com. As of late July 2026, the City of Malibu has issued 1,076 permits for damages, repairs, debris removal, and structures along PCH, but only 88 of those are for new home construction. The gap between destruction and rebuilding is staggering, and the people who lived there say the government response explains…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Brady Dennis) - In a place where so much was broken, a repair cafe rebuilds a community one item at a time
A repair cafe in a town recovering from a devastating storm helps to mend broken belongings and rebuild a community's resilience.
ABCNEWS - 2 World Trade Center breaks ground 25 years after 9/11
Twenty-five years after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, left a gaping void in Lower Manhattan, American Express broke ground Thursday on its new headquarters.
NYTIMES (Edgar Sandoval) - The Texas Hill Country Flood, One Year Later
A year after a catastrophic flood killed 139 people in the Texas Hill Country, communities along the Guadalupe River are still rebuilding.
NYTIMES (Michael Kimmelman and Tom Wilson) - Can a Federal Plan Fix Dismal Penn Station? There’s Hope.
Everyone agrees that Penn Station is a disaster, but not on how to fix it. Now a Trump-backed, multibillion-dollar plan to rebuild it offers a promising step forward.
NYTIMES (Julia Jacobs) - Judge Orders Kennedy Center to Make a Plan for Staying Open
As the Trump administration seeks to move forward with renovations at the center, a judge has asked for its programming calendar.