Climate Cities
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Spectacular wooden bikes made from salvaged urban trees
The Giving Tree should be ashamed of herself. Oh, sure, she let herself be made into a boat and a house and an uncomfortable metaphor for maternal martyrdom, but did she ever turn into a completely sweet-ass bike? Not a chance. That’s reserved for the lucky urban trees that fall into the hands of Masterworks […]
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Tightening the Rust Belt: How a Clevelander fell in love with Pittsburgh
During a week spent fixing up an old house, including a glamorous MLK Day hanging out in a dumpster, one young urbanite fell prey to the charms of the Steel City -- and its ability to turn abandonment into opportunity.
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Hot tram! Old trolleys are the new classic cars [SLIDESHOW]
After nearly going extinct in the ’60s, vintage streetcars are returning to the rails in downtowns from Philly to San Francisco. Here's what it looks like when mass transit goes retro.
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Watch Republicans try valiantly to be funny by mocking Chevy Volt
Aw, look, they’re trying to make jokes! I’m going to print this right out and hang it on the fridge in a frame that says My First Satire.
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The rules for lady bicyclists, 1895 edition: ‘Don’t be a fright’
Here's a list of 41 "don'ts" for female bicyclists from an 1895 New York newspaper, and they are downright breathtaking in their amazingness.
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Suburbs, Jetsons style: MoMA remaps America [SLIDESHOW]
Architects, ecologists, and landscape designers reimagined suburbia for a new show at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Building blocks: What LEGOs can teach us about rebuilding cities
In the Lego room at the National Building Room in Washington, D.C., a seasoned designer gets a lesson in creativity from a 5-year-old girl.
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Help build New York’s first underground park
The Low Line, an underground urban paradise on the Lower East Side, is soliciting funds through Kickstarter, which means that you can be part of the development of the city’s first underground community green space/zombie fortress.
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Google’s seven-person conference bike
NPR did a story about how tech companies encourage bike commuting, which: duh. But Google apparently goes a step further and encourages bike conferencing, via a giant pedaled monstrosity with seven inward-facing seats.
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Suck it, Gingrich, you CAN put a gun rack on a Chevy Volt
At a campaign event in Georgia, Newt Gingrich told supporters that he would maaaaaagically lower gas prices because “you can’t put a gun rack on a Volt.” Shows what the hell he knows.
