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Does This Brooklyn Sculpture Say ‘Oy’?

…or is it saying ‘Yo’?

Theaster Gates' Chicago studio includes a formal gallery and a wood shop.

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How Theaster Gates Is Revitalizing Chicago’s South Side, One Vacant Building at a Time

The artist’s creative approach to bringing new life to a crumbling neighborhood offers hope for America’s beleaguered cities

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Pink Gumdrops Are Solving a Sticky Crisis in London

The receptacles are part of the world’s first chewing gum recycling program

Colin Detrich's "DataCycle"

How Seattle is Using a “Frankenbike” to Improve its Bike Trails

Tinkerer Colin Dietrich built it, and now the city’s department of transportation has come to use the tricked-out bike to assess its bike paths

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This Is What a 50-Lane Traffic Jam Looks Like

A Chinese highway looked like a parking lot after this massive traffic snarl

Cities can be problems and solutions for environmental sustainability.

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Creating an Equation for Cities May Solve Ecological Conundrums

In this Generation Anthropocene podcast, scientists explore the ways urbanization might lead to a greener future

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Why Are Urban Planners Collecting City Soundscapes?

This is a journey into sound

The Broad houses the contemporary art collection of philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. The collection is valued at nearly two billion dollars.

The Big Names of Art (and a Bit of the Unexpected) Debut at the Broad Museum in L.A.

Housing one of the greatest collections of contemporary art in the world, this new landmark is ready for its close-up

Could the Los Angeles Police Department's squad cars be about to undergo a makeover?

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The LAPD Is Testing Teslas

As Los Angeles changes its vehicle procurement policies, visions of an all-electric fleet are dancing in Angelenos’ heads

Mills and smokestacks in Lowell, Massachusetts, considered by some historians to be the first real company town in the U.S.

America’s Company Towns, Then and Now

A look at these small towns across the United States shows the good, the bad and the ugly of the industrial boom

New Research

Grimy City Buildings Re-Pollute the Air

Filthy urban surfaces “breathe” pollutants when they’re exposed to sun

Looking at tree density on a city scale.

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This New Mapping Tool Shows City Planners Where to Plant Trees

Researchers at Portland State University have created an app that looks at tree density in respect to neighborhood, population and pollution

A map of nitric oxide pollution in Denver's Highlands neighborhood

Google Street View Cars Are Mapping City Air Pollution

Google, Aclima and the EPA team up to add sensors to cars, first in Denver and then in the Bay Area, that monitor air quality throughout the day

This Mock “City” Is a Testing Ground For Driverless Cars

The University of Michigan’s Mcity is a 32-acre challenge course for connected and automated vehicles

What Is a Personal Food Computer?

A farm the size of a desktop could change the way we grow food in cities

The 7 Line is currently undergoing a system upgrade from one that was installed in the 1930s to one run by computers.

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NYC Subway Technology Goes Way Back…to the 1930s

America’s busiest subway system relies on vintage machines

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70 Years Ago, a B-25 Bomber Crashed Into the Empire State Building

14 people died in the accident

Times Square, New York City

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Times Square’s Iconic Billboards May Be Illegal

Bright lights, big city, breaking the law

What’s the Deal With Google’s Sidewalk Labs?

The tech giant’s first move in urban planning is installing Wi-Fi hubs throughout New York City. Next, it could take on inefficiencies in public transit

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Central Park Has 22 Statues of Historical Figures. Every Single One is a Man.

Could a crusade to bring historic women into the park change the face of the city?

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