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Weekend_London Taxi Dynasty
Holly-Marie Cato/Bloomberg
A London Taxi Family Confronts the Driverless Future
With more than a century of combined experience behind the wheel, the Gouldings now face their greatest challenge yet: Waymo, Wayve and Baidu.
Toronto Ahead Of Canada Consumer Price Index Figures
Cole Burston/Bloomberg
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data. 
Visitors And Attractions At The Niagara Falls State Park As Tourism Rises
A New York Town’s Toxic Relationship With Its Natural Wonder
New York City Exteriors And Landmarks
Can Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Finally Be Tamed?
SPAIN-ARCHITECTURE-MONUMENT-RELIGION-ANNIVERSARY
After 160 Years, Sagrada Família Is Still Shaping Barcelona
New York, City of Scaffolding, Tries a Glow-up
New York, City of Scaffolding, Tries a Glow-up
Joby Air Taxis To Fly Between JFK Airport And Manhattan For 10 Days
As Flying Taxis Approach, Cities Are Making Room
The Quiet Conviction of the Architect Reshaping New York
The Quiet Conviction of the Architect Reshaping New York
Singapore’s Shock Contraction Sends Warning for World Trade
The City That Conquered Traffic Has a New Weapon
Trump Triumphal Arch
Trump’s Arch Proposal Advances, Despite Law Limiting Building Height
Pirelli Tower and Alps at sunrise
Milan’s Battle Against Bad Air Goes On
Damaged Manhattan Tower Owner to Reconstruct 15 Floors After Evacuation
Damaged Manhattan Tower Owner to Reconstruct 15 Floors After Evacuation
Hoboken Is a Hit With NYC-Area Homebuyers Shut Out of Suburbs
Jersey City Shadowed by Tax Hike as Boomtown Faces Reckoning
Why the Great American State Fair Looks So Empty
Why the Great American State Fair Looks So Empty
To Find the Heart of America’s 250 Celebrations, Get Out of Washington
To Find the Heart of America’s 250 Celebrations, Get Out of Washington
Biden Administration Pushes Infrastructure Bill Costing Over $2 Trillion
For Urban Walkers, a Patchy Dilemma: Who Owns the Sidewalk?
A Loblaws Grocery Store As Inflation Illusions Drive Shoppers Away From Big Canada Grocers
America’s Road Safety Blind Spot
Weekend_British Coastline
‘Down From Londoners’ Are Transforming England’s Seaside Towns
WEEKEND_Dulles
Can Dulles Become America’s First World-Class Airport?
Britain’s Plan for ‘New Towns’ Goes Back to the Future
Britain’s Plan for ‘New Towns’ Goes Back to the Future
Hanoi Bets Its Future on a Riverside to Rival World’s Great Cities
Hanoi Bets Its Future on a Riverside to Rival World’s Great Cities
The Obama Presidential Center Wants To Be Everything But A Library
A First-Ever Presidential Playground Gives Kids a Foothold in US History
Bus Cameras Privacy
A City That Inspired Mamdani Is Bringing Back Bus Fares
Wawa Welcome America Red White and Blue To Do
America’s First Capital City Puts Its Stamp on the 250th
In Arkansas, a Fast-Growing Museum Anchors an Unusual Campus
In Arkansas, a Fast-Growing Museum Anchors an Unusual Campus
Commuting by Ferry in NYC
New York City’s Hottest Public Transit Mode Is a Boat

Housing

Trump’s Housing Chief Wants to Build, But With What?
Isabel Seliger for Bloomberg Businessweek
Trump’s Housing Chief Wants to Build, But With What?
HUD Secretary Scott Turner says it’s time to put millions more Americans in homes. He’s also standing by while his agency’s staff and funding disappear.
Affordable Housing Left Vulnerable After Trump Fires Building Inspectors
A Housing Complex Designed to Tackle Loneliness Wins Britain’s Best Building

Design

A Buried New York City Stream Gets a Second Life
Scott Rossi/Bloomberg
A Buried New York City Stream Gets a Second Life
In the Bronx, NYC will unearth its first waterway to alleviate flooding and pollution — a test case as it scrambles to adapt to a changing climate.
Art Deco Bathhouses Showcase the Glory of NY's Public Beaches
John Bartelstone Photography/John Bartelstone
Art Deco Bathhouses Showcase the Glory of NY's Public Beaches
Three restored beach pavilions, all artifacts of the Robert Moses era, offer modern takes on the New Deal promise of accessible leisure.
Sagrada Familia
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Sagrada Família Is a Miracle of Structural Engineering
Still underway in Barcelona after more than 140 years, Antoni Gaudí’s vision for an otherworldly church was only made possible by modern construction methods.
Obama Presidental Center Media Preview
Talia Sprague/Bloomberg
The Obama Presidential Center Wants to Be Everything But a Library
Aiming for a merger of celebrity and community, the monolithic tower stands as a contradictory, even off-putting symbol of Barack Obama’s presidency.
Rosenwald Schools
Andrew Feiler
A Monument to Black Education, the Rosenwald Schools Are Still Standing
Advocates are pushing for recognition of hundreds of segregation-era schools built by Booker T. Washington and Sears owner Julius Rosenwald.

Design

A Buried New York City Stream Gets a Second Life
Scott Rossi/Bloomberg
Art Deco Bathhouses Showcase the Glory of NY's Public Beaches
John Bartelstone Photography/John Bartelstone
Sagrada Familia
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Obama Presidental Center Media Preview
Talia Sprague/Bloomberg
Rosenwald Schools
Andrew Feiler

MapLab

Commuters Use Citi Bikes As Program Expands Into Other Boroughs
The Life of the Most-Used Citi Bike in New York City
How Trump Put ‘Gulf of America’ on the Map
How Trump Put ‘Gulf of America’ on the Map
Amtrak Northeast Corridor Would Lose 25% Of Funds In Trump Plan
Where Is Traveling by Train a Good Option in the US?
NJ Transit Engineers Strike, Halting Trains And Stranding Riders
How We Mapped Nightmare Commutes on NJ Transit

Look at That Building

A series for the architecturally curious.
Look at that Building: Cadence in London
A London Apartment Tower With Echoes of Victorian Rail and Ancient Rome
This Skinny Mexico City Tower Is Just 14 Feet Wide on One Side
This Skinny Mexico City Tower Is Just 14 Feet Wide on One Side
Look at That Building: Merchandise Mart
How Chicago’s Gigantic Merchandise Mart Is Still Thriving as Office Space
Book Tower
How Detroit Reclaimed a Towering Relic From the Roaring ’20s

Iconic Homes That Define Global Cities

How the way we live has shaped the history and architecture of urban neighborhoods.
Gers in Ulaanbaatar
An Affordable Nomadic Home Design Struggles to Adapt to Urban Life
Georgian town houses in Edinburgh, Scotland
How Edinburgh Tenements Became an Urban Housing Blueprint
South Korea Apartments
How Corporations Created the Prototypical Seoul Apartment
Majestic Victorian apartment building near Cadogan Square in the affluent and exclusive neighborhood of Chelsea, London
How Mansion Blocks Filled London With Stacks of Flats

Videos

12:16
China’s Plans for an Urban Super City
Short Docs
China’s Plans for an Urban Super City
9:44
Kansas City Mayor on World Cup, US Politics
Kansas City Mayor on World Cup, US Politics
13:36
Spanish Economy Minister on War Impact, ECB Board Seat
Spanish Economy Minister on War Impact, ECB Board Seat
11:54
Andy Burnham on Role of Cities, Local Elections, Political Ambitions
Andy Burnham on Role of Cities, Local Elections, Political Ambitions

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