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Knitting Chain-Link Fencing Into a Work of Art
A design team in Rotterdam has a creative solution to scenery-marring construction fences.
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Sick of City Noise? Just Duck Into This Street-Corner Confessional
Modeled after Catholic confessionals, this portable furniture allows people a private place to chat away from all the hubbub.
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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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Postcard
In Aksu, Buildings That Went Up Must Come Down
China tightens its real estate lending practices in the Uighur Autonomous Region.
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Videos
A Visual Guide to the Potential of Urban Agriculture
An animation shows how a variety of urban spaces can become miniature farms.
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Urban Wonk
Regional Planning Done Right
How two communities came together to design more sustainable neighborhoods.
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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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The Rise of the Temporary City
Pop-up spaces are having a permanent impact on the way we build.
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Videos
In Liverpool, a Leviathan Awakens from the Briny Deep
A 50-foot tall creature in a diving suit stalks the streets of England.
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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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