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Did Parking Meters Just Get Too Smart?
The end of free time in Santa Monica.
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Virtual Murals for Real-Life Buildings
The new frontier of augmented reality apps comes to urban art.
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The Midwest's Rebuild Era, in Pictures
A sociologist and an urban historian document the community activism reshaping some of the cities hardest hit by the great recession.
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Small Business of the Day: Dallas's 'Anger Room'
Sign a waiver and pay a small fee, and you can destroy all sorts of furniture, electronics, even mannequins.
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The World's Tallest LEGO Skyscraper, For Now
Seoul is the most recent city to claim the record, broken 30 times in 24 years.
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This Armored Wallpaper Can Stop People from Stealing Your Wi-Fi
Researchers in Grenoble, France, have developed a wallpaper that blocks wireless internet signals from leaking out of your home.
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Why Does This Bench Need an Instruction Sign?
Has the city's public-works department gone rogue?
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Eyeing Industrial Excess for Home Heating in the U.K.
Researchers identify a method to reuse heat from steel factories to warm homes.
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For Landlocked Revitalization, Railyards in Lieu of Waterfronts
How train tracks helped deliver new life to Birmingham, Alabama.
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A Celebration of Steampunk
A festival transforms Waltham, Massachusetts, into a place worthy of Jules Verne's admiration.
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