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Kevin Edwards/Flickr You know you're at a special party when there's a nude man who's waxed his whole body except for a chest-hair smiley face.
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This Week in Bans: Vienna Finally Removes an Anti-Semitic Street Sign
Also, Ireland puts the chill on tanning beds and trashy fashion models of the U.K., beware.
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Creating Neighborhoods Worth Playing In
How to make places where kids want to go outside.
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The Limits of 'Kickstarter Urbanism'
Are crowd-sourced fundraising websites a good way to accelerate community-level projects?
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Democracy in America
Rita Crundwell: America's New Queen of Municipal Embezzlement
According to feds, the former Dixon, Illinois, comptroller spent much of the $53 million she's accused of stealing on horses with names like "Packin' Jewels" and "Have Faith in Money."
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In Praise of Smelly Places
Your sense of smell is intimately connected to your experience of a place and your memory of it. So why don't cities take greater advantage of this?
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Why City Kids Need to Play in the Street
Traditional street play is good for kids precisely because it allows them to figure out how to use their environment in creative ways on their own.
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Crime Reduced, But at a Cost
Extending prison sentences can reduce recidivism, but it's also hugely expensive.
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Boston's Highway That Went Nowhere: Lessons from the Inner Belt Fight, 40 Years Later
In the 1950s and 1960s, as Boston was busy razing the West End and plunging ahead with urban renewal, transportation planners were pushing an 8-lane bypass highway.
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Videos
'No Time for Ugliness': A 1965 Case for Better Cities
Even 47 years ago, American architects saw the perils of sprawl and car-oriented development.
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Eerie Twitter Account of the Day: @RealTimeLARiots
The KNBC team is recreating the timeline of the 1992 L.A. Riots, and you can follow along.
