Here’s how Google’s Sidewalk spinoff plans to turn your city into...
Last June, Google spun-out a new company called Sidewalk Labs aimed at finding new ways to improve cities through technology.Since then, Sidewalk was the lead investor in Intersection, a new company...
View ArticleHere’s how Google’s Sidewalk spinoff plans to turn your city into...
Last June, Google spun-out a new company called Sidewalk Labs aimed at finding new ways to improve cities through technology.Since then, Sidewalk was the lead investor in Intersection, a new company...
View ArticlePlans to build homes, shops and restaurants near the Grand Canyon have been...
(Reuters) - U.S. land managers on Friday rejected a plan that could have opened the way for housing and commercial expansion near the Grand Canyon’s celebrated South Rim, a surprise decision that was...
View ArticleCities may have hit 'peak millennial' — here are 4 ways they can adapt
For all the talk of city-loving Millennials, some surveys show that plenty of them actually prefer the suburbs overall, and still plan to move there eventually.Census data released last year suggests...
View Article45 ‘invisible’ rivers have been flowing underneath Mexico’s capital for decades
Millions of vehicles drive over the Piedad River in Mexico City every day.Paved over in 1942, what was once one of the biggest rivers in the area now flows under the Miguel Alemán Viaduct, a major...
View ArticleApple is moving into this $16.5 billion neighborhood — and it's one of the...
London's Battersea Power Station has been part of the city fabric for nearly a century. The iconic brick building — which sits in the center of the city — was featured in The Beatles' 1965 film...
View ArticleA secret to sustainable development might be right before our eyes
George Washington had Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson had Monticello.Now President-elect Donald Trump has his eponymous Manhattan skyscraper, Trump Tower.Our first and third presidents saw their...
View ArticleOur exclusive 360 view of Hudson Yards, the futuristic neighborhood rising in...
It's taken 100 years to build the city of the future.Though dreamed of for decades, the transformation of Manhattan's West Side is coming to pass in the Hudson Yards district, an ambitious...
View ArticleSurreal photos show the inside of China's 'largest ghost city'
Ordos, China, once flush with cash, has been called the world's largest ghost town. In the early 2000s, a coal-mining boom led the local government to throw money at urban development in the hopes of...
View ArticleAmazing images of San Francisco before it was a city
Before San Francisco was a bustling tech hub, before it was the center of the hippie universe, and before it became known for its lush hills, much of the area was covered in sand dunes.Golden Gate...
View ArticleMegacities are synonymous with economic growth but the real question is can...
Today, megacities have become synonymous with economic growth. In both developing and developed countries, cities with populations of 10 million or more account for one-third to one-half of their gross...
View ArticleAmazing images of San Francisco before it was a city
Before San Francisco was a bustling tech hub, before it was the center of the hippie universe, and before it became known for its lush hills, much of the area was covered in sand dunes.Golden Gate...
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