Let There Be Light: Behind the Trend of Illuminating Cities for Art
If you’re in Melbourne or Sydney over the next couple of weeks, you can enjoy the nightly transformation of some familiar urban landmarks. How should we understand this growing global enthusiasm for...
View ArticleThings You’re Missing While Living in the City Life
You may think that the city life has everything. Its true, it has more than a small town by having a lot of people’s favorite stores, a variety of restaurants, and a lot of major events. Although it...
View ArticleCityscape Painters Explore Bridges as Metaphors for NYC
NEW YORK—The five boroughs of New York City are crisscrossed by a whopping 789 bridges, the undersides of which often mesmerize painters, judging by this year’s cityscapes show at the George Billis...
View ArticleNY Building Shows How Mod Design Stacks Up as Cool
NEW YORK—In a city piled high with ambitious architecture, a seven-floor structure off the beaten path boasts a distinction of its own: It’s billed as the first multistory, modular-built apartment...
View ArticleNature Calms the Brain and Heals the Body
For the most part, our brains didn’t evolve in cities. But in a few decades, almost 70 percent of the world’s people will live in urban environments. Despite the prosperity we associate with cities,...
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