Parkour & Free Running: Urban Acrobats Jump Buildings
(Check out our complete collection of Urban Exploration Tips, Tricks and Guides.) What if you saw the building walls and other urban obstacles around you not as barriers, but as tempting ...
Author: Kurt Kohlstedt
WebUrbanist was founded in 2007 by Kurt Kohlstedt, who currently writes and edits articles and episodes at 99% Invisible and can be found on Twitter @KurtKohlstedtWiki City Rome: Digitally Mapping Urban Space in Real Time
Imagine Google Maps, but overlayed with layers of digital information, from cell phone usage to GPS activity - anonymously aggregated and available to the public. Starting today, Wiki City Rome is ...
Architectural Light Graffiti: Image Projection Bombing
(Check out our complete collection of 100+ Works of Creative and Geeky Art and Graffiti.) Have you ever considered the possibility of graffiti without vandalism? There is an impressive variety of ...
Urbex Resources: Building Infiltration Images & Information
Following recent articles on the world's abandoned cities and on urban exploration, some readers have requested additional resources related to exploring abandoned structures and buildings. With that ...
Spontaneous Gatherings: Subway Parties to Pillow Fights
What is urban life without a little excitement, spontaneity and strangeness? A popular article on unusually legal street art prompted some of our readers to inquire about organizing or attending ...
Manhattan of the Desert: Oldest Skyscrapers in the World
Most people think of skyscrapers as inventions of the post-industrial world, characteristic of tightly-packed urban environments. Density in cities is, of course, nothing new. Surprisingly, neither ...
All Gone: 7 (More!) Deserted Wonders of the Modern World
After the overwhelmingly positive responses to and praise for the original 7 Abandoned Urban Wonders article, we were compelled to create a sequel. Thanks to reader-submitted links and locations, ...
Burning Man 2007: World’s Largest Temporary City, Green?
Burning Man is an amazing annual event that takes places for one week a year in the remote Black Rock Desert. This location, also dubbed Black Rock City, is home to art and artists from around ...
Drop Spots: Share Secret Objects With Strangers in Cities
Drop Spots are the basis for a unique form of urban interaction. A Drop Spot is a place where you can exchange an object with a stranger in your city- pick one thing up and leave another behind. ...
10 Transformable, Convertible & Collapsible Urban Furnitures
(Check out our complete collection of Unusual, Creative and Transforming Furniture.) Cramped? As cities become denser, we all find ourselves wishing we had more space at times, or wanting to make ...
