John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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Maps
Imagining the World's Cities in the Ocean-Dominated 'Hunger Games' Universe
If climate change caused the waters to rise by 500 feet, this is what major international cities might look like.
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Maps
The Frustration of San Francisco's Mass-Transit Riders, Visualized
If one were to somehow take a mental-health reading of commuters at 6:30 p.m. on a Monday, it would look something like this "Frustration Index."
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Videos
Shepard Fairey's Andre-the-Giant Street Art Gets the Movie Treatment
Julian Marshall explains why he wanted to make a film about the "Obey Giant" street-art campaign.
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Videos
A Dazzling Totem Pole of Tires in One of Cape Town's Most Dangerous Slums
Rather, it's about a neat community art project dealing with old tires.
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Maps
Yo, I'm Trying to Sleep Here! New York's Wonderful Map of Noise
This visualization breaks down Manhattan's noise problem at the micro-level of ice cream trucks, loud TVs, "banging/pounding" and more.
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Videos
In Russia, a Freak Urban Geyser Smashes Cars With Flying Asphalt
A parking lot in Smolensk was flooded within minutes on Thursday by a violent pipe rupture.
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Sustainable Furniture Made From Agricultural Waste and Poop
Would you sit on a stool that had actual stool in it?
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'Sandy' Is Retired as a Name for Hurricanes
The super storm was so damaging and deadly that the world's meteorologists will not repeat its name.
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Videos
The Little Chimney Stack That Refused to Be Knocked Down
The demolition of a 175-foot-tall smokestack in Washington state experiences a slight hiccup.
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This Week in Bans
You'd Better Not Be Caught With Long Hair in Gaza
Also, politicians in Racine ban weapons (except for their own) and New York battles a slimy lake menace.
