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Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images The planning debate that sparked Turkey's recent protests is part of a larger, kind of weird architectural trend.
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Why I Moved Back to the Suburbs
Increasingly, I find fashionable inner city neighborhoods as banal as any suburb, just more expensive.
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The Uncomfortable Politics Behind the History of Urban Fires
A new book offers a sweeping look at how fire – and the way we’ve responded to and manipulated it – has shaped cities in every part of the world.
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Toilet Tuesday
Grisly Reports From Britain's Worst-Rated Public Toilets
Bathroom users warn of the boogers, blood and unbearable stench in the U.K's allegedly three foulest loos.
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The Big Fix
'We Buy Houses': Decline and Opportunity in Pittsburgh's East Suburbs
Penn Hills, Pennsylvania's foreclosure woes have left it in deep trouble. At least two entrepreneurs are cashing in.
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Rankings
Isolated and Under-Exposed: Why the Rich Don't Give
How the concentration of wealth and separation from the problems of the poor may limit charitable giving.
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Of Discrimination, Housing and Board Games
"You are picked up for ‘loitering’ and taken directly to the police station for interrogation. Go back three spaces."
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For Muslim Taxi Drivers in New York, Ramadan Gets Complicated
Fasting and praying at gas stations can be a challenge, and that's under the best of circumstances.
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Maps
A Problematic Map of Stop-and-Frisk
Its flaws cloud rather than clarify the recent debate over NYPD tactics.
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Videos
Yes, You Too Can Simulate Falling Off a Skyscraper
Many folks would pay not to toe a skinny ledge atop Toronto's CN Tower, but that's the attraction of "EdgeWalk."
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Foreclosures Have Caused a Lot of Problems – Crime Isn't One of Them
New research debunks this fear in 142 cities across the U.S.
