Have you ever wondered why so much public space seems to go to waste? Even apparently 'natural' green areas are carefully cultivated, requiring time, energy and water. However, these only produce ...
People used to dream of moving out of the city into single-family homes with white picket fences. More and more, however, the call for sustainability and an increased interest in urban living has ...
Kozyndan illustrate compelling scenes from major urban areas all over the globe, from San Francisco to Tokyo, New York to Newcastle. The Kozy-and-Dan artistic duo translates their urban travel ...
Google Street View has changed the way that people interact with online maps as well as real cities. Controversial and illicit images as well as strange photographic glitches have only heightened the ...
People tend to think of graffiti as being necessarily illegal. While that may be the case much of the time, not all guerilla art breaks the law. Many urban artists manage to be creatively but legally ...
Creative urban photographers have a way of representing cities in new and different lights. Unusual urban photographs can cause one to rethink familiar perspectives and can open a city up to new ...
(Check out our complete collection of 100+ Abandoned Buildings, Places and Property.) (7) Ghost Towns of the American West are what come to mind for many when they think of abandoned settlements. ...
(Check out our complete collection of Urban Exploration Tips, Tricks and Guides.) Have you ever been drawn to the calm beauty of abandoned buildings, or even tempted to explore forbidden ...
An estimated 100 million people worldwide are "homeless" ... but what is homelessness? Is a squatter homeless? What about someone who stays in a shelter each night? A Web Urbanist article on ...
Urban centers typically discourage homeless people from sleeping public spaces - without necessarily providing alternatives. However, some activist artists, designers and architects have ...
