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Closca The company behind this "Turtle" helmet, which folds down to half its size, promises it will become part of the urban cyclists’ way of life.
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Photos
Telling the Story of the Great Recession Through Billboards
A Philadelphia photography project transforms ad spaces with pictures of the working poor.
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Wild Idea: Put Schools On Top of New York Skyscrapers
A team of Portuguese architects propose a lofty concept to fix America's troubled education system.
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Gardens on Top of City Buses: This Would Never Work
Attention, media: Please stop writing about bus-roof gardens as if they could actually exist in real life.
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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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Photos
Scenes From a Lollipop House
A modest-sized home makes a bold statement in this South Korean neighborhood.
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Sprinkles Cupcakes Explains Its 24-Hour 'Cupcake ATM'
The company says it plans to launch round-the-clock, cupcake-dispensing automatons in not just Beverly Hills, but every city it's located in.
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What Would You Pay for a Hotel Room Covered in Graffiti?
Artists turn half a room into a wild wall of street art and leave the other half stark white; the results are incredible.
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How the 2012 TED Prize, The City 2.0, Aims to Crowdsource the Future
With a wiki to connect citizens, political leaders, urban experts, companies, and organizations, TED tees up the goal of improving the 21st century city.
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Videos
Awful Product Idea of the Day: Live Turtle Key Rings
Beijing's street vendors are offering goldfish and small turtles sealed inside plastic trinkets for your amusement.
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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.

