Matthew Smith’s book Exist to Resist captures the moment in the 90s when ravers, new age travellers, drugs and protest collided in a joyous movement – until the government got involved
Barcelona is extending the Superblocks scheme to the heavily polluted L’Eixample district. Works will commence in June 2022 and the initial projects are worth over 52 million euro.
A group of women from Devon are planning the city’s largest gathering against sexual violence on the streets this autumn. The Reclaim the Night events are designed to promote public awareness about the levels of violence and harassment experienced by women and girls on our streets. Two events are planned; a preparation day of creativity on Saturday 21st November and the March itself on Thursday 26th November. Devon Rape Crisis Service, SAFE, Exeter Feminists and the University Femsoc have joined forces to make this year the most visible protest yet about sexual violence.
While cities around the world embrace pedestrianisation, Bucharest’s new mayor is blaming traffic on street events such as Via Sport, when a central boulevard is closed to cars on the weekend. Is the Romanian capital taking a step backwards?
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo — who has called owning a personal automobile “archaic” — is in the midst of a campaign to improve air quality in her city, and dramatically shrink Parisians’ carbon…
AN probes the good, the bad, and the ugly in contemplating the future of driverless cars.
Sometimes envisioning a life without cars is just as simple as doing it.
The flâneur – the keen-eyed stroller who chronicles the minutiae of city life – has long been seen as a man’s role. From Virginia Woolf to Martha Gellhorn, it’s time we recognised the vital, transgressive work of the flâneuse
The best dressed guests we spotted on the asphalt runway outside Sydney’s Carriageworks. Image credits: Liz Sunshine
Wielding his handy "apostrophiser," this "Banksy of punctuation" stalks the streets of Bristol at night, reclaiming the British city's street signs for good — one corrected apostrophe at a time.
They are the city's "second class citizens," a group of a million people who make 92 per cent of the city's journeys each and every day.
From warehouse parties to the acid house explosion, new exhibition Sweet Harmony: Rave Today captures a dancefloor revolution. Warning: contains knitwear
In the City by the Bay, when the weather is nice, people have taken to lounging, cycling, and otherwise making themselves right at home -- in the middle of the streets.
Architect and planner Jan Gehl looks back on how he helped transform Copenhagen into one of the world’s most livable cities and talks about how people can reclaim the streets.
Getting into the nitty-gritty of street interventions.
In the asphalt-covered space that would normally be occupied by a single vehicle could be a bike rack, a dance floor, an outdoor cafe, a kiddie pool or a beautifully landscaped public park. Sometimes guerrilla and sometimes officially city-sanctioned, these 15 projects occupy urban parking spots for uses that are undoubtedly a lot more fun. - Page 2
Nature is healing itself. While the world is in lockdown, humanity cedes its place and we see our streets reclaimed. Beautiful isn’t it?
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Cheap Street in Frome is one of the most well-preserved Medieval Streets in Europe. Here's a guide for Cheap Street Frome with the history and things to do!
From medieval times, the plethora of stallholders’ cries in London was recognised by travellers throughout Europe as indicative of the infinite variety of life in the capital. So what’s become of this grand urban theatre?