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CategoryThe Edible Bus Stop: Transforming Abandoned Spaces Through Urban Interventionism
The Edible Bus Stop began as a guerrilla gardening project adjacent to a South London bus stop, and has flourished into a fully fledged example of urban interventionism.
Google Celebrates Frank Hornby’s 150th Birthday
Google.co.uk has celebrated the 150th birthday of Frank Hornby, the Liverpool born English inventor, businessman and politician best known for creating Meccano and Hornby Model Railways.
Of Mice and Men: An Abridged History of The Parisian Rat
Just like any other soul in the world, rats make no exception – they love Paris, too! With the Seine, the subway and the numerous restaurants, Paris has become a Rat Paradise of sorts.
How a Rail Car on the Chicago Transit System Became a Mobile Urban Park – for Five Hours!
First came the mobile park tacked onto the end of a CTA train on the Chicago Transit system. Then the Mobile Garden concept was moved inside, transforming the interior of a rail car into a living, green oasis.
Conceptual Images of the Proposed Bloomingdale Trail Linear Urban Park in Chicago
These conceptual images show the proposed Bloomingdale Trail, an exciting new linear urban park in Chicago built along the route of the abandoned Bloomingdale Line – a former railway featured previously on Urban Ghosts.
Freighthopping Hobos: Free – and Illegal – Transportation for Gentlemen of the Rails
For almost two centuries, hobos have been been attempting to avoid ‘greasing the tracks’ (which is to get ran over by a train) while hopping freight trains to get from one town to the next.
10 Great Films that Explore the Urban Landscape
Of all the world’s landscapes, the weirdest are undoubtedly the ones we’ve built ourselves. Since the dawn of film, directors have been fascinated by the potential of our cities to hide unusual stories.
Steampunk Nerf Blasters: Modifying Toy Guns into Retro-Futuristic Weapons
This modded foam dart blaster may look like a decorated toy gun to the untrained eye. But the sophisticated toy is an appropriate subject for steampunk modification.
‘These Plants Can Kill’: Hazardous Horticulture at The Poison Garden
Science meets myth and legend in The Poison Garden, where stories are told of certain plants that are so deadly that they need a special licence to live there at all.
5 Villages That Were Flooded to Make Way for Man-Made Reservoirs
This article looks at the submerging of several settlements in the past century in order to build reservoirs in response to an increasing demand for tap water.
Is That a Vintage Tractor Seat On That Antique Grinding Wheel?
The machine itself is interesting enough, but it was the seat that caught my attention, which is similar in appearance to vintage tractor seats that have become increasingly prevalent as modern furniture items.
Train Surfing: Vital Transport to Some, Extreme Hobby to Others
As the name implies, train surfing is the dangerous and often illegal practice of hitching a ride on the outside of passenger trains – be it as a necessity or an extreme hobby.
Rooftop Garden atop Chicago City Hall Helps Reduce the Urban ‘Heat Island Effect’
The green web was buzzing in 2001 when a rooftop garden appeared atop Chicago City Hall to curb what is termed the ‘urban heat island effect’, cooling the building while using less energy.
Bloomingdale Trail: Transforming an Abandoned Chicago Railroad into a Linear Urban Park
Linear urban parks utilising abandoned railway infrastructure are becoming increasingly popular, and Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail (along with the QueensWay in NYC) could be the latest addition.
Athelstaneford: The Battle, the Cross and the ‘Book Nook’
The village of Athelstaneford, about 20 miles east of Edinburgh, is noticeable primarily for its pretty church, characteristic Scottish cottages and traditional red telephone kiosk, which now serves as the local book exchange, or ‘Book Nook’.
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