reclaimed by nature These amazing towns and cities are completely abandoned David Pescovitz

cities Remarkable footage of bustling downtown Los Angeles in the 1930s David Pescovitz

film restoration Captivating first-person video from a San Francisco cable car in the 1960s David Pescovitz

dumb smart cities El Salvador is building a volcano-powered "Bitcoin City" with no taxes Thom Dunn

cahokia Cahokia: The massive North American city that pre-dated Columbus Thom Dunn

urban planning Saudi Arabia announces plans for a zero-carbon city that's 105 miles long David Pescovitz

cities Vacant office space in San Francisco doubled to 12 million square feet in 2020 Mark Frauenfelder

cities Drone flyovers of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle Mark Frauenfelder

lost wages Las Vegas' slogan will no longer be "What happens here, stays here" David Pescovitz

nightlife We need a "science of the night" David Pescovitz

urban planning An entire village built on the roof of a huge building David Pescovitz

e pluribus unum US Conference of Mayors adopts a resolution to never pay off ransomware attackers Cory Doctorow

surge pricing The empirical impact of Lyft and Uber on cities: congestion (especially downtown, especially during "surges"), overworked drivers Cory Doctorow

architects Can there be a mile-high skyscraper? David Pescovitz

urban mobility Autonomous boats in some cities could transport people, shuttle goods, and self-assemble into structures David Pescovitz

promethean left To save the Earth, stack humans in green cities and leave the wilderness for other animals Cory Doctorow

alphabet labs It could happen here: How China's social credit system demonstrates the future of social control in smart cities Cory Doctorow

beads New Orleans pulls 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads from storm drains Séamus Bellamy

cities A map of how long it takes to get to a city from anywhere on Earth David Pescovitz

procedural generation Infinitown: endless 3D-animated city in your browser Rob Beschizza