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Regular readers know by now that there isn't much self-conscious metablogging on WebUrbanist. The site is mostly about producing quality content related urban cultures, engaging designs and alternative arts. However, as with anything in urban life, it is worth pausing once in a while to take note of where we've been, reflect on where we are and consider what the future might hold. Don't worry, though, it wouldn't be a WebUrbanist article without some reader and artist-submitted urban arts and oddities mixed in the middle!
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Architectural light graffiti comes in many forms that all share one common feature: the effects are there one second and gone the next. The only record of these curious performance arts comes in the form of photographs and videos. Here's a look at three types of urban light art: dorm room tetris, lightstick air animation and architectural projection bombing.
Everyone hates traffic, but how about trying to wind around 8 switchbacks in one city block, crossing 12 lanes at a single intersection or parking on a 38 degree incline? The latest in the ever-popular 7 Wonders Series, here are the scariest, steepest, longest, widest, narrowest, most confusing and most crooked urban streets in the world!
