New York Changing How much do the faces of New York City—the buildings, the bridges, the stores—change in 70 years? An interview with photographer Douglas Levere, who rephotographed Berenice Abbott’s pictures of 1930s New York, plus a gallery of startling images.

Brothers From Another Mother Did David Childs really steal his Freedom Tower design from a Yale student? And can you call that stealing, or just the way the business works? Our critic explains how plagiarism exists in architecture, and why there actually should be more of it.

Raising the Game As New York recovers from Sept. 11 with construction, it would do well to look abroad for ideas. Jonathan Bell reports on the history of London’s skyline, and how architecture heals.

Passions “Her midget pal Timmy is gone, but replacing him is Endora, an adorable little girl whose lines are written in air bubbles over her head. All I can say is, please don’t let her learn to talk.”