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When Seagulls Attack!
The squawking laughter is enough to send a Hitchcockian chill up anyone’s spine, though if you live anywhere near the coast – or increasingly in cities further inland – seagulls are as ubiquitous as pigeons. But bigger. And much more vicious. Every year, new reports telling similar stories rear their ugly head, with headlines shrieking warnings about gulls terrorising people, particularly in the soft underbelly of the British Isles. Hold onto your chips.
Continue reading...Huge Warehouse Can Be Played Like an Organ
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
In the first part of our “playable buildings” series, Environmental Graffiti reporter Jammie Nicholas, explores the BATTERY MARITIME BUILDING, NY image (c) Creative Time In the cavernous, 9,000 square foot Great Hall of the former lower Manhattan ferry terminal, sits the man who once sang about *Burning down the [...]
Continue reading...Amazing “Green-Ways” Obliterate Traffic
Monday, June 2, 2008
By Matthew Simpson Before and After picture of the Big Dig, Source: Spacing Toronto Traffic congestion grows every year in some cities and the usual plan to alleviate it is to build wider highways or in some extreme circumstances to build more. However, cities are [...]
Continue reading...The 5 Best Mass Transit Systems in the World
Thursday, April 24, 2008
As we all put our thinking caps on for this “save the environment” thing, and Americans begin to scream under the weight of rising fuel costs, one of the best ways around leaving a giant carbon footprint, or paying an arm and a leg, is to take [...]
Continue reading...Five Lost Cities Of The Future
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Continuing our theme of lost cities, news editor Ben Ray explores five American cities, which in the distant future could be reclaimed by nature. Image from oshcan on Flickr The concept of a lost city has always astounded me, not because I don’t see how you can simply let [...]
Continue reading...New York is a Giant Birth Control Pill
Friday, February 8, 2008
Two new studies have suggested that cities act like contraceptives, helping to check the population growth that has become one of the most discussed environmental issues in recent years. Image by Ester Inbar The Earth’s population is in the middle of a radical shift of lifestyle. In the past [...]
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Monday, September 21, 2009
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