John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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Videos
Huge Fireball in the Sky Shocks San Francisco
One witness said "it looked like we had seen the International Space Station come down."
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Videos
London Bartender Makes the 'World's Most Expensive Cocktail'
The $8,830 tipple is apparently the world's oldest cocktail, too.
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Videos
London Tube Commuters Hunted by Intelligent, Annoying Spotlight
This body heat-sensing spotlight is great if you're egotistical, terrible if you have a hangover.
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Photos
One Idea for Crime-Prone 'Hoods: Fill Them With Fake Crowds
An artist uses special effects to make dangerous public areas appear like bustling marketplaces.
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Time-Travelling Police Box From 'Doctor Who' Crash-Lands in Liverpool
Among the many artworks in the Liverpool Biennial is this weird thing.
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Toilet Tuesday
South Carolina Town Terrorized By Exploding Toilet
The detonating commode went off in Town Hall and lodged porcelain shrapnel in a door.
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Photos
If Grannies Did Graffiti, It Might Look Like This Yarn Tagging
A shadowy Madrid artist is methodically wrapping European cities in chaotic fabric webs.
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For the Discerning Brutalist, Here's Some Concrete Furniture
Note to movers: Lift from the knees.
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Videos
Felix Baumgartner's Space Jump: The LEGO Version
We will all remember where we were the moment a man dove back to Earth from the edge of space, landed on his face and was carried away by a shrieking bird.
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Photos
Can You Spot What's Wrong With These Urban Scenes?
Robert Rickhoff's surrealistic city architecture blends "fun" with "fatalities."
