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A standout bridge over the lionized Sumidagawa river in Tokyo has been designated a Mechanical Engineering Heritage property . The Kachidokibashi bridge was at the cutting edge of Japanese manufacturing when it was built 77 years ago . The designation means it has been recognized as a technologically and historically important asset . Another six items including Japan ’s first domestically produced subway car were selected as heritage properties . The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) certified them on Aug. 7, which itself is labeled "Machinery Day." Mechanical Engineering Heritage was set up in 2007 by the JSME, and it has so far certified 90 items as heritage properties . Kachidokibashi bridge , a bascule bridge measuring 246 meters in length, was opened to traffic in 1940. The bridge connects the Tsukiji district where the famed Tsukiji fish market lies with the Kachidoki district that now contains a cluster of skyscraping apartment blocks . Bascule br...

Lisa Eckelbecker Telegram & Gazette Staff @LisaEckelbecker WORCESTER – The company building 365 luxury apartments downtown plans to spend about $90 million on the development and thinks Worcester is ripe for such construction. Nearby highways, bus transportation, commuter rail lines and employment opportunities make the area perfect for development, and no one else is building the kind of high- end housing units that Mack- Cali Realty Corp . of Edison, New Jersey, is constructing, Ivan M. Baron, the company’s chief legal officer said Wednesday. “We’re providing a niche that we think we can fill,” Mr. Baron said. He spoke after a celebration that drew Worcester politicians , government workers and business people to the CitySquare neighborhood between City Hall and Union Station for a ceremonial groundbreaking. Some said the rise in private investment in Worcester development provides the opportunity to connect the city’s neighborhoods, attract residents and change...

A busy intersection in Shaker Heights is being transformed through the redevelopment of the Warrensville- Van Aken business district . The former Van Aken Center will connect with nearby Shaker Plaza to create the Van Aken District , a new downtown and community- gathering place for the city. Phase one of the $97.2 million project, under construction near the intersection of Warrensville Center Road and Van Aken and Chagrin boulevards, is due to be completed next summer. “There really has been nothing like this in Shaker Heights,” said Jack Bialosky Jr ., senior and managing principal of Bialosky Cleveland, the architectural firm responsible for planning the project and designing most of the buildings in phase one. “It’s a mixed-use, urban development which will really provide public space for the community, all organized around a central triangular park . “It’s going to be a place where the community can come, shop, dine and recreate. It will be a beautifully scaled, contained s...