Campaign Seeks to Save the Steel from the Old San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge East Span for Re-Use
A campaign has been launched to urge agencies managing the demolition of the old eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge to save the…
The Curious Case of the Upside Down Traffic Light in Syracuse, NY
In the Tipperary Hill neighborhood of Syracuse, New York there is a traffic light that is upside down, with the green light on top and…
Beautiful Time-Lapse of the Night Sky Over Joshua Tree National Park
Filmmaker Gavin Heffernan recently visited Joshua Tree National Park and shot this stunning time-lapse video of the night sky overhead. During the shoot he captured…
Artist Launches Poster Campaign to Find a Handsome Stranger She Spotted on the New York City Subway
After locking eyes with a handsome stranger on the subway in New York City last fall, artist Maria Luisa Portuondo Vila launched “Missing Love,” a…
Clever Nature-Inspired Street Stencil Art by Roadsworth
Montreal-based artist Roadsworth creates large-scale street stencil art, often incorporating natural themes and existing street markings into his compositions. We previously posted about Roadsworth’s stencil…
Russian Daredevils Climb to the Top of The Shanghai Tower, The World’s Second Tallest Building
In this hair-raising video, Russian daredevils Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov climb to the top of the world’s second tallest building, the 2,073-foot-tall Shanghai Tower.…
A Book Based on the ‘Lists of Note’ Blog Planned For Release in Late 2014
To-do list by Johnny Cash Back in 2011 we wrote about Lists of Note, a blog of fascinating lists written by notable and unknown people…
City Maps That Visualize Where People Run
San Francisco Statistician Nathan Yau used publicly available route data from running apps to create a series of maps that visualize where people run in…
Pop Pop, An Interactive Pedestrian Signal Concept
Pop Pop is an interactive pedestrian signal that reacts to local inputs including traffic, weather, and the behavior of nearby pedestrians. The signal features two…
Artist Maya Hayuk Creates Striking Geometric Mural for the Bowery Wall in Manhattan
Artist Maya Hayuk recently completed this striking, brightly-colored mural on the Bowery Wall in Manhattan. Though the mural’s complex geometric composition might indicate otherwise, Hayuk…