By Josh Sherman
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Aquaponics: urban growers gaining ground
A generator resting on wood planks sits shut off in a corner and large metal racks line otherwise bare walls at Aqua Greens’ warehouse during a recent...
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Aquaponics: urban agriculture outpacing regulation
A startup sees a place to grow in Toronto’s derelict warehouses, but it will have to overcome the city’s zoning regulations first. Aqua Greens, the...
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Urban Planet: Upcycle House proves one person’s trash is someone else’s stylish home
While some developers are busy building subdivisions filled with throwaway homes, Lendager Arkitekter have built a home out of thrown-away materials. At...
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Urban Planet: New concept is part bike, part air filter, all green
One drawback to cycling in most any city is the constant assault on the senses from smog. Exhaust fumes can be stifling and deleterious, hardly creating a...
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Urban Planet: Extreme skiing in Detroit’s abandoned buildings
There are risks involved with skiing, but falling off the side of an abandoned warehouse typically isn’t one of them. For the thrill-seekers...
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Urban Planet: ‘Hopscotch crosswalks’ bring the playground to the street
Crossing the street just got a bit more interesting for pedestrians in Baltimore. As part of a public art initiative, a set of utilitarian zebra-stripe...
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Urban Planet: Designer creates a foldable bike helmet
Perhaps one of the main barriers to getting cyclists to wear helmets is the inconvenience of having to lug the protective gear around after arriving at a...
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Urban Planet: Artists bake up gingerbread replicas of renowned galleries
There’s nothing cookie-cutter about architectural landmarks such as Tate Modern, the Louvre, or the Guggenheim Museum – even in gingerbread form...
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Urban Planet: This might be the world’s easiest-to-assemble bicycle
The Sandwichbike can make a bicycle mechanic out of anyone. Made up of less than 50 parts, the bike comes shipped ready-to-assemble, and the manufacturer...
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Urban Planet: James Murphy’s vision for musical subway stations
If James Murphy had it his way, subway station turnstiles would be musical instruments in their own right, and the commuters themselves musicians. By...
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Urban Planet: Bicycle Anecdotes from Amsterdam
Amsterdam may be seen as a cyclist’s utopia today, but it wasn’t always so. Around the midway point of the century, the Dutch were building their...
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Urban Planet: Scenes from the NYC subway system in the ’80s
Think your daily commute on public transit is rough? In these shots of the NYC subway system, photographer Bruce Davidson gives a glimpse of what it was...