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Photos
An Ice Cream Truck for Architecture Dorks
The Coolhaus truck serves up scoops with a modernist twist.
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Would You Be Better Off in a Different City?
A new tool from the Sunlight Foundation aims to quantify real-world differences in quality of life across the country.
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Next Great Idea
The Enduring Effect of Neighborhoods
Harvard sociologist Robert J. Sampson on his new book, Great American City.
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Can a Sustainable Town Be Built From Scratch in the Middle of Nowhere?
A controversial proposal seeks to help revive Southern California's troubled Salton Sea.
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What Cities Looking to Shrink Can Learn From New Orleans
Those who choose to stay in derelict, empty neighborhoods can often pinpoint a place's particular value.
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Infographic of the Day: The Economic Power of the Top 600 Global Cities
By 2025, these cities will account for 60 percent of global GDP.
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Photos
Fields of Glowing, Green Grass Grow in Madrid
Radioactive Man would be happy to mow this luminous turf, an artistic statement against light pollution.
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Videos
1950s General Motors Propaganda Film: Solution to Congestion Is More Roads
More parking, lane miles was the automaker's prescription at mid-century, with a cameo from Robert Moses.
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How BART Finally Decided to Replace Its Bacteria-Covered, Gross Old Seats
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system is deploying vinyl seats that don't cough up clouds of filth when smacked, like the wool ones do.
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Postcard
Postcard From Seville
The city's eerie, beautiful Easter Week marches.
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