Inner City Visions: 12 Eye-Opening Urban Eye Charts
Have no illusions, these awesome urban optical eye charts test not only your vision but the varied ways in which we visualize the world around us. ...
Author: Steve
An outstanding researcher and clever writer who has been with WebUrbanist for over ten years, Steve brings a twist of creative humor into the mix with articles covering abandoned shops and buildings, offbeat signage & branding, eyebrow-raising architecture and much, much more. Steve can also be found exploring green innovations at WebEcoist and examining jaw-dropping pet products and pet-related news at PetsLady.No Perking: 15 Drained Dry Abandoned Coffee Shops
These 15 drained, disused & abandoned coffee shops recall a kinder, gentler, perkier time before Starbucks rebrewed the latte lover's landscape. ...
Done Deals, New & Used: 12 (More) Abandoned Car Dealerships
From low low prices to low low sales: at these abandoned new & used car dealerships, showroom traffic's been reduced to a permanent state of gridlock. ...
Smell Ya Later! 12 Abandoned Fish & Seafood Canneries
The advent of refrigerated ships radically changed the fish and seafood processing industry, leaving dozens of isolated and uneconomical canneries behind. ...
Well, Done: 10 Abandoned Steakhouses Past Their Prime
These abandoned steakhouses once served up prime cuts of beef to steely-eyed dealmakers wielding steely knives. It's enough to drive a Mad Men man mad! ...
Buzzkill: 10 Sweet Abandoned Apiaries & Busted Beehives
Honey, I'm not home! These abandoned apiaries and busted beehives once dispensed sweet liquid gold but now lie deserted, de-pollenated and depopulated. ...
Hole In None: 12 Abandoned Miniature Golf Courses
No ifs, no ands and above all no putts. These 12 abandoned miniature golf courses are as silent as the 18th at Augusta when the green jacket's on the line. ...
Deserted Aisles: 11 More Creepy Abandoned Supermarkets
Supermarkets? More like Stupor Markets, amiright? That's the case with these 11 abandoned supermarkets where “checkout” is more than a state of mind. ...
Dumpster Divine: 12 Flashy Trashy Artistic Dumpsters
Dumpsters may be grungy, grotty, gross-smelling garbage holders but these ubiquitous urban trash bins positively bloom just by adding a little art. ...
Wrap It Up! 10 Creative Building Scrims & Scaffolds
These artistic wraps, scrims and scaffolds creatively conceal the ugly truth of building construction, remediation and restoration. ...
