cities
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Building Highways Through US Cities Was A Huge Mistake — But It Can Be Fixed
The US interstate highway system was once a marvel of modern engineering, allowing the movement of goods and ideas that ushered in an era of unprecedented prosperity. But when those highways reached the cities they connected, they ploughed through the lowest-income areas, physically dividing neighbourhoods and financially devastating communities.
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The People Moving Back Into Big American Cities Are Mostly Rich White People
We keep hearing that this is the age of rapid urbanisation: By 2050, 70 per cent of the world’s population will live in cities. But in the United States, the people moving into those cities are largely rich, white and childless. What’s more, not as many of them are moving as they were a few…
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How A Street Artist Secretly Painted An Urban-Scale Mural In Cairo
All over the world street artists have become famous by surreptitiously adding swabs of paint or wheatpaste to city walls. But the most remarkable thing about a new mural in Cairo is not only its size — it covers about 50 buildings — it’s that the artist managed to do it in a place that’s…
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The Best Solution To Stop Skyscrapers From Casting Shadows?
Upper Manhattan-dwelling New Yorkers have been complaining for years that supertalls are going to ruin the views from their beloved Central Park. Here’s a very good solution: lower the elevation of the park.