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The world’s largest vertical garden is as long as a city block
At 13,595 square feet, the world's largest vertical garden is definitely bigger than your piddly window box -- think more like “hotel ballroom.”
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Growing Power scores $5 million to feed our nation’s hungriest cities
Will Allen's urban farming powerhouse plans to put a sizable grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation toward funding “community food centers” in Detroit, New Orleans, and parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, and New Mexico.
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America’s 20th largest bus system is a semi-legal network of vans in NYC
In New York City's outer boroughs, there's an official bus system and a shadow bus system.
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Supremely epic bus commercial looks like the trailer for a summer blockbuster
If Michael Bay were any good, and he directed bus commercials, this is what they would look like.
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New York City bans large, sugary drinks
In a first-in-the-nation move, the NYC Board of Health has enacted limits on the size of sodas that businesses like fast-food outlets can sell.
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New walkability scoring site factors in safety, attractiveness, and hills
Walk Score is a wonderful thing, but it is not perfect. Therefore, it now has some competitors. The newest would-be Walk Score killer is Walkonomics, a site that tells you […]
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Mr. ‘Shrink the City’ goes to Washington
Dan Kildee, best known for his efforts to downsize Flint, Mich., is about to take his urban agenda to Congress.
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Climate change could make summer crime waves worse
When temperatures go up, crime often does, too -- which means that as our summers get hotter, more cities could see the kind of violence Chicago experienced this year.
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On Sept. 11, 2012, the Times asks: Is New York ready for disaster?
What is New York City doing to prevent disasters brought on by climate change and rising seas? Not enough so far.
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Reality TV can now give you hantavirus (Update: Or not)
You know those nice, selfless, saintly people on TLC’s Hoarding: Buried Alive, the ones that help their absolutely insane and generally repulsive neighbors clean out 46 years of TV Guides/foot soaking […]
