cities
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San Francisco is turning the Bay Bridge into a giant LED light show
The annual electricity bill for the project will be an estimated $11,000. That's a lot of electricity -- but just imagine how much higher that bill would be if those 25,000 bulbs were incandescents.
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This street artist turns urban infrastructure into miniature apartment buildings
These days, even elves are moving into high-rises.
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These architects want to build a tiny fairy forest in Detroit
In addition to your basic forest paths and trees, the park features a knoll that can host concerts, movie screenings, and plays, with the forest as a backdrop.
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Here’s what a day looks like for New York’s pothole crusaders
"We'll get those potholes," says Richard Cicale, the director of street maintenance in Manhattan.
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Kansas City is making millions by using municipal sewer sludge to fertilize a farm
Last year the city used 9,982 tons of sewer sludge fertilizer on 1,340 acres of corn and soybean crops.
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Instead of building more parking spots, Parking Panda lets people rent out the ones they already own
Peer-to-peer parking could provide all the normal benefits of improved parking efficiency.
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Beautiful video compares cities to nature
We're glad we're not the only ones who see some sort of connection
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This gingerbread Brooklyn is way too amazing to eat
Think how many people could live in/eat this dense, walkable, edible neighborhood!
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Awesome metal squid will guard your bike
We want these everywhere. Because who would dare steal a bike from the tentacles of a squid?