Every building of a certain age has at least one ghost story attributed to it. Humans can’t help but craft stories of ghosts and demons, labeling every old building as “haunted,” no matter how ...

A n old hotel turned into trendy apartments; a restaurant built in a former bank; and a warehouse divided into cool office spaces are three prime examples of adaptive reuse. In today’s climate of ...

A former Howard Johnson’s hotel near Vancouver Mall converted into Bertha’s Place, a homeless shelter, which opened in late 2021. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files) Can’t some of the abandoned or ...

Tearing down a building is a dirty job. The construction industry creates about 600 million tons of trash each year, more than twice the amount of everyday garbage that people in cities and towns ...