Tag: Urban Life - Page 3
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New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Home to 360,000 Bees (Photos)
The Waldorf Astoria Hotel has beehives on the roof producing honey for guests. I went along for the honey harvest, and for a taste of their roof-to-table cuisine.
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Top 10 Dirtiest Cities in America
Dirt, grime, filth, smut, muck, mud, sludge, slime, litter, trash, smog, and rats -- these cities have it all.
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Architect Peter Strzebniok Enters the Green Modern Prefabricated Modular Chicken Coop Fray
It is tough for architects out there these days, and they have to branch out into new fields, like the exploding world of chicken coops.
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Keep on Trucking: More Ideas Going Mobile, From DNA Testing to 3D Printing
The future is mobile as businesses dematerialize and hit the road
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All Aboard the Helsinki Plant Tram, A Whimsical Urban Garden Made on the Move
Over the past three days, one of Helsinki's tram lines has been carrying some unusual cargo -- living plants donated by passengers for inclusion in a roller-coaster-themed urban garden.
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12 Innovative Ways to Rethink Our Cities From the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.
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Quote of the Day: Richard Florida on The Joys of Urban Tech
Urban theorist explains why high tech companies are moving back downtown
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Adding Wildlife 'Passengers' to the Urban Commute
A Dutch landscape architecture firm is proposing a clever way to help animals navigate the urban environment -- using the same infrastructure human city-dwellers rely on to get from place to place.
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Study Finds Greening Vacant Lots Reduces Overall Crime
Greening vacant lots makes residents feel safer and actually reduces overall crime
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Best Trailer Park Ever: Artist's Converted 18 Foot RV Hides a Real Garden Inside (Video)
Can't go to the park? Artist Kim Holleman's park -- planted in a renovated trailer -- will come to you.
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Amazon's New Delivery Lockers: It doesn't Sound Like A Big Deal, But It Is
Right now they are at the corner store, but they are coming to your home.
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Public Fountains Hacked into Colorful Pools in Guimarães, Portugal
The project is one of the winners of a Performance Architecture contest to celebrate Guimarães as European Capital of Culture.
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Rentable Tree Trolleys Are Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspots, Parked Like Cars
Citizens who rent a parking space can choose between car or tree with this design, which imagines a rentable, mobile tree trolley outfitted with a bench, wi-fi capabilities, charging station and more.
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Is Technology Going to Save Our Small Towns Or Concentrate More People in the City?
Do technological changes benefit the the dense city, the small town, or do they make the pie higher for everyone?
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Number of "Distracted Walking" Injuries Quadruples In Seven Years. Is This A Problem?
Car hits pedestrian, and suddenly it's the pedestrian's fault for being distracted. What's wrong with this picture?
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Keep on Trucking: How the Food Truck Concept is Spreading To Other Uses
It's hard to tell if this is a good thing or not, but mixing new tech with old trucks is changing business.
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Dallas Is Building a 5 Acre "Deck Park" Over a Freeway
Klyde Warren Park, in construction, is a new urban green space built over an active freeway.
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Giant Alligator Playground Crocheted by Olek in Sao Paulo
The Brooklyn based artist participated in a local show covering a concrete playground in a mixture of knitted yarn and Brazilian ribbons.
