Forgotten Lessons From a 1970s Fight Against Gentrification

London's Short-Sighted Obsession With Magpie Infrastructure, Rome's Prostitution Zone Controversy Can Be Traced Back to Bad City Planning Decisions, and more...

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

London's Short-Sighted Obsession With Magpie Infrastructure

Taking cyclists off of the roads—even in flashy new ways—is not the way to improve transit.

KRISTON CAPPS

Rome's Prostitution Zone Controversy Can Be Traced Back to Bad City Planning Decisions

EUR was once one of Rome's more exclusive areas. It wasn't sex workers who caused its recent problems.

FEARGUS O'SULLIVAN

Forgotten Lessons From a 1970s Fight Against Gentrification

How a decades-old tenant battle in Washington, D.C.'s Adams Morgan neighborhood is still shaping the city today.

TANVI MISRA

The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change? Trees

Between now and 2050, forests are one of our 'most promising' geo-engineering tools.

ROBINSON MEYER

This Train Plowing Through Snow Is Absolutely Astonishing

But is it safe?

JAMES WEST

Radar Spots Massive Swarms of Bats Over Texas

The warm weather has activated the state's legendary hordes.

JOHN METCALFE

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