John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Philly Outlaws Feeding the Homeless Outside
Plus, Los Tigres del Norte Rancho are banned in Mexico for singing about drugs; it's forbidden to sleep in your car in Santa Margarita; get those cars off of your front yards, Muskegon!
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Videos
David Lynch's Freakish Advertisements: The Rats of New York City
Around the time he was filming Twin Peaks, Lynch was dabbling in some seriously bugged-out ad campaigns.
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Maps
Mapping How the Seas Will Eat Coastal U.S. Cities
Miami, Boston, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and other places that could have entire neighborhoods underwater by 2050.
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Why Would Anyone Want Their Bus Shelter To Be an Interactive Jukebox?
Commuters in Sydney can now bop to high-energy techno music while they wait for their bus, thanks to an unusual advertising campaign.
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Behold, the Ultimate Municipal Truck... Of the Future!
What would happen if you took every neat idea in the realm of public works and piled them all onto one city vehicle?
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The $2,500 Occupy Wall Street Folding Chair
Chilean artist Sebastian Errazuriz hopes that the 1 percent will enjoy this unusual furniture.
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Videos
What Would Paris Look Like Under 1 Meter of Water?
A lot like this ghostly CGI visualization, created by a Parisian architectural-imaging studio.
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Videos
The Cities of the Future as Creepy, Dystopian Hellscapes
A British architecture firm is pumping out some really eerie sci-fi animations.
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Photos
The Gorgeous, Green Headquarters of Oil and Logging Companies
These corporations might not have tons of fans in the environmental movement, but you wouldn't know that looking at their idealistic architecture choices.
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European 'Superbus' Aims to Hit 155 MPH on the Track
The Dutch government could soon adopt public buses that look like giant leeches and match a Porsche in speed.
