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The Most Powerful Constituency in the 2012 Campaign: The Suburbs
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have been getting most of their campaign contributions from the same place: the monied ‘burbs.
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Height of the Day: 720 Meters
The size of the India Tower. It would, if built, be the second highest skyscraper in the world
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Urban Growth Contaminating Lake Titicaca
Pollution mounts as cities grow and sewage infrastructure lags
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The Evolution of England's First Planned Community
In 1901, a team of social do-gooders teamed up to build a clean, green city. A look at their legacy, more than a century later
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In London, Brutalism and a Boat
A whimsical architecture firm installs a steamship on top of Queen Elizabeth Hall
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Postcard
Postcard From Lyon
Shoppers strip down to their skivvies for free clothes and other news
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A Sculpture of Our Transportation Future
A new kinetic sculpture in Los Angeles envisions a city with smoothly flowing cars traveling at 240 mph
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Urban Wonk
How To Make a City Healthy
A group outlines eight key pillars of sustainable communities
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Vancouver's Gondola Dreams May Be Too Expensive To Come True
The Canadian city has good reason to want to install the somewhat novel transit option on Burnaby Mountain, but the numbers still don't add up
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The Science of How We Walk
An emerging field of research is devoted to studying pedestrian behavior
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