Mark Byrnes
Mark Byrnes is an associate editor at The Atlantic Cities.
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Photos
The Streetcar As a City's Moving Symbol
A survey of light rail aesthetics from around the world.
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Scenes From Above: Atlanta's Massive Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
The sheer scale of America's busiest airport can hardly be appreciated in your average layover.
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Videos
In Defense of Pruitt-Igoe
A new documentary explores an overlooked truth - that the infamous housing project was once a very good thing.
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The Changing Fate of Hockey's Oldest Arenas
Most of the original arenas have been turned into surface lots, but Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens managed an impressive rebirth.
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QR Codes in Truly Strange Places
An interview with Brad Frost, who collects photos of QR code absurdity.
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Videos
40 Years of Las Vegas Sprawl, as Seen From Space
NASA images show the desert city's massive growth spurt.
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You Are Where You Wear
The often subtle (and occasionally lucrative) art of expressing city pride, via t-shirt.
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Videos
Watch What Happens When East London Potholes Become Mini-Gardens
An aesthetically pleasing if not quite street legal approach to fixing East London's potholes.
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Photos
What Cornell's Roosevelt Island Campus Might Look Like
Cornell has chosen six firms to submit designs for its new campus. Here's a look at university projects they've worked on in the past.
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What Does a Subway Entrance Say About its City?
A photographic survey of the world's metro gateways.
