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Unequal Scenes: Aerials Photos Highlight Stark Lines Between Rich and Poor

There are places in the world where a single road, wall or an even thinner, more invisible line separates rich from poor, and those are the kinds of intersections captured by photographer Johnny ...

Datascrapers: Infographic Skylines Overlay Income Inequality on City Grids

Somewhere between data visualization and civic artwork, these info-driven diagrams reveal wealth disparities in the centers of America's second and third largest cities. Herwig Scherabon's ...

Aerial Views of Apartheid: Drone Photos Show Rich vs Poor Divides

Though the apartheid ended decades ago, many physical barriers remain in South Africa, highly visible in the built environment ... especially from above. Roads, rivers and strips of open ...

Groundscrapers: Survivalist Condos in Converted Missile Silos

Located in a converted subterranean silo near Concordia, Kansas, the first complex of these high-end survival accommodations is already sold out and their creators are working on a second ...

Iceberg Homes: London Boroughs Curb Luxury ‘Super-Basements’

It is increasingly common to find London properties that have more subterranean interior space than above-ground square footage, a byproduct of the wealthy desiring to build additions without ...

Rich Door, Poor Door: Segregated Entrances Spark Controversy

Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development has come under attack by critics for approving  building plans in NYC that include separate entrances for ...

Building for Billionaires: Luxury Tower with Car Elevators

If you're rich enough to live in the Porsche Design Tower, you're rich enough to have a mega-expensive car or two worth hauling up to your upper-floor penthouse each day in your very own car ...

Clear Skies Ahead: Quest for a Complete Global Aerial Atlas

If you have ever zoomed out in Google Maps (or Mapquest, Yahoo or Bing), you may have been surprised find your field of view relatively unclouded by inclement weather patterns, yet marred by ...

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