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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...What’s That Coming out of the Sewer? Is it an Alligator?!!!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
1935. Two boys are busy clearing East 123rd Street of February snowfall by shovelling it down an open manhole. Next thing, they spot something large and reptilian lurking in the icy waters below. With much effort and no little rope, they manage to lasso and heave up a seven-foot alligator. Once at street level, the alligator begins snapping its sizable set of jaws, so the boys, being boys, proceed to beat it to death with their shovels.
Continue reading...L’art du Déplacement in Pictures
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Where others see walls, they see possibilities. Where others see obstacles, they see opportunities. Where others look where their feet are taking them, they gaze up and absorb all that’s around. In these guys' eyes, every built up area has the makings of a playground. In their minds, the concrete landscape is a puzzle that only needs solving – and solving in style.
Continue reading...The Urban Beekepers of London
Friday, May 16, 2008
Urban beekeepers. Images via 1, 2, 3, 4 There’s been a fair amount of coverage in recent years about the sudden disappearance of honeybees; a catastrophe that is so widespread that beekeepers in Southern California have resorted to stealing one another’s bees. There is at least one [...]
Continue reading...Five Deadly Storms in Urban Centers
Thursday, March 27, 2008
After having the joy of riding out the tornadoes in Atlanta earlier this month, I started thinking about how rare it must be for mother nature’s wrath to be taken out on urban areas. From ricof3 on Flickr Normally when this sort of thing happens, it’s in the suburbs, [...]
Continue reading...Lead Metropolis: the Five Densest Cities in America
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Recently an American economist crunched the numbers and determined the most dense urban areas in America–something that may be a bit of a misnomer, given our national reputation for sprawl and hourlong commutes. Image from NASA Nevertheless, he had some shocking findings relating to location, geography, and public transportation.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
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