John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
-
Videos
New Sport: Hanging By One Arm From Awfully High Places
This Ukranian urban climber is either extremely skilled or deranged (or perhaps both).
-
Toilet Tuesday
In Arizona, Fear of a Transgender Toilet
Arizona wants to tie bathroom access to birth certificates; scientists sound warning about pit latrines; a municipal government does BYO toilet paper.
-
Videos
This Could Be the World's Most Uncomfortable Pedestrian Crossing
An underpass with a forehead-level concrete ceiling seems designed to knock out Chinese citizens.
-
A Super-Luxe Pad for Retired Popes
Can you imagine Pope Benedict XVI sorting through his wine cellar in this halo-shaped retirement home?
-
Car Exhaust Hurts Children as Much as Second-Hand Smoke
European researchers believe 14 percent of chronic childhood asthma can be blamed on living near busy roads.
-
Maps
Mapping the Noxious Ozone Plumes Over Houston
A new app from Texas researchers shows how clouds of lung-pummeling ozone move through Houston neighborhoods.
-
This Week in Bans
How Does One Get Banned From Every Public Library in the World?
You probably don't want to know.
-
Photos
The Strange Beauty of Airports Photographed From Above
Jeffrey Milstein has turned a lifelong fascination with airplanes into a gorgeous portrait series of jet hubs.
-
Videos
New York Graffiti Crew Redecorates an Abandoned Theme Park
TrustoCorp totally had its way with the old Rock-a-Hoola water park in California's Mojave Dessert.
-
America's Infrastructure Earns a 'D+', Which Is Actually an Improvement
The nation's engineers surprise everyone with a slightly less dismal outlook on the state of our infrastructure.
