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Topic: Urban design

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Designing cities to counter loneliness?

Tanzil Shafique - The Conversation
Pedestrians protect themselves from the sun while walking in central Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

heat waves of the future

Nicholas Rajkovich - The Conversation

5 early gentrification signs

D. Watkins
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The incredible shrinking city

Henry Grabar
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Food truck renaissance

Henry Grabar
People line up outside the Apple Store in New York, Sept. 9, 2014. (Reuters/Carlo Allegri)

The Uber-ization of everything

Henry Grabar
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Henry Grabar
A car drives near the Eiffel tower in Paris, March 14, 2014. (Reuters/Charles Platiau)

Paris: A "canyon of pollution"

Henry Grabar
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Our transit future in peril

Henry Grabar

The shapes of our cities

Henry Grabar
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The sounds of our lives suck!

Henry Grabar
New York City, in a scene from "I Am Legend" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

The emptying of New York City

Henry Grabar
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Make public transit free!

Henry Grabar
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The suburb of the future

Henry Grabar
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Henry Grabar
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Henry Grabar
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The city is alive!

Henry Grabar
Details from the elevator patent drawings of Elisha Otis. (Wikimedia)

Andreas Bernard
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Cities will save us!

Henry Grabar