John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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This Week in Bans
Tree-Climbing Obama Heckler Exiled From D.C.
Also, politicians in Naples are sick of you assuming they're all criminals, and the U.K. suspends the coolest teacher ever.
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If Only All City Lighting Looked Like This Charming Street in Athens
It's like a lamp store exploded in there!
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Maps
NASA's Alarming Map of the Worst Australian Heat Wave on Record
The 114-degree heat in Sydney recently is nothing compared to 121-degrees recorded in Moomba.
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Videos
Watch Portland Move an Entire Bridge in One Day
The shifting of the 3,400-ton span is rumored to be the biggest bridge move in history.
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The 'Toad Sofa' Is 2013's Must-Have Chair
Obviously.
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Videos
Brooklyn Building Transforms Into a Huge Equalizer
Truly mesmerizing.
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Need Extra Room on the Subway? Try This Spiky 'Hedgehog' Dress
Youngsil Lee's garment raises a shield of skin-puncturing needles when its wearer feels threatened (or is just being a jerk).
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This Week in Bans
Soon, the Only Place to Smoke in San Francisco Will Be Alcatraz
Also recently banned: a throat-slitting kite string in India and an Aussie grandma who made $1 million worth of false emergency phone calls.
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Videos
Modern-Day Travis Bickle Makes a Sleeve Gun For His iPhone
Ladies, restrain yourselves.
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German Man Builds Device to Suck Electricity From Power Lines, Other People
Dennis Siegel claims his curious contraption feeds itself like a leech on ambient electromagnetic fields.
