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Photos
Photographing Tokyo's Coolest Escalators
Miha Tamura captures the extraordinary side of this everyday ride.
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Rankings
The World's Top 20 Cycling Cities
No American cities made the annual ranking, put together by Copenhagenize Design Co.
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Videos
Play Tokyo Like a Piano in This Gorgeous Interactive Music Video
The Japanese company behind a new urban center is celebrating it with a rather unusual artwork.
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The Big Fix
What Happens to the Olympics Plans of Cities That Don't Win Them?
More importantly: Does a city get anything out of the exercise?
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Symbols Worth Saving: The Best #CityReads of the Week
Our weekly roundup of the most intriguing articles about cities and urbanism we've come across in the past seven days.
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Postcard
Japan's Permanently Displaced
2 years after a devastating earthquake, 160,000 are still without housing.
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The Smell of Nature Is Almost As Good As the Real Thing, As Far As Our Brains Are Concerned
Hard science is finally backing up centuries of aromatherapy wisdom.
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Rankings
Don’t Believe the Hype About the 'World's Most Expensive City'
There are big gaps in the Economist's Intelligence Unit rankings.
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Charts
Density vs. Livability in the World's Biggest Cities
The two don't necessarily go together, according to a new report.
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Knocking Down Huge Buildings Quietly, Floor by Floor
A Japanese construction company turns demolition into energy using something it calls a "big hat."
