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Photos
From the Top of the Shard, London Looks Like a 'Giant Urban Circuit Board'
Urban explorers recently climbed the tallest building in the European Union. Here's what they saw.
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Postcard
Flooding Overtakes the Yemeni Capital
Heavy rains displace scores.
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Photos
See Frank Gehry's Newest Apartment Building
The twirly 12-story building is his first in Asia.
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Maybe What Your City Needs Is a Ridiculous Fuzzy-Suited Mascot
In the municipal mascot department, it seems that North America can't compete with Asia.
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The Greenest Building May Actually Be a Neighborhood
A UCLA class is trying to apply a strict building standard to an entire community.
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Urban Wonk
Why Young Americans Are Driving So Much Less Than Their Parents
Millennials are increasingly uninterested in the burden of car ownership.
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Videos
Does City Life Have to Mean Life Without Stars?
A new film explores what we lose when light pollution cancels out the night sky.
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Photos
Probably Offensive Street Art of the Day: Fatties, Step to the Right
A direct, if rude, way to attack America's obesity epidemic.
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The High Cost of Losing Urban Trees
Tennessee reaps a $638 million yearly benefit from its urban trees – and an $80 billion loss if they disappeared.
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Maps
Where the Heavy Metal Bands Are
Why do most heavy metal bands hail from Scandinavia and Northern Europe?
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