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hand cut paper maps by StudioKMO:

Berlin

Chicago / Sydney

London

Toronto / Montreal

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Ahhh, Portlandia. (via Weird Is Good: What Portland's Economy Can Teach Every City in the World - Bruce J. Katz and Jennifer Bradley - The Atlantic)

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MAPS

Poverty Maps From 1980 Look Astonishingly Different Compared to 2010

by Emily Badger, The Atlantic Cities

(via Poverty Maps From 1980 Look Astonishingly Different Compared to 2010 - Emily Badger - The Atlantic Cities)

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The Geography of U.S. Hate, Mapped Using Twitter. Check out the article here. (via The Geography of U.S. Hate, Mapped Using Twitter | TIME.com)

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Julia Caffarena - Paris

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More than just a physical space, he explained, a city is a set of cultural norms. “It’s kind of a shared dream.” Stop dreaming, stop continually making decisions to maintain it, and ivy creeps up the walls.

Jason Fagone goes on Neil Freeman’s tour of Bushwick, Brooklyn, and looks at his alternative geography: http://nyr.kr/10bT1Rs (via newyorker)

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The declining significance of place is associated with the rising significance of place.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on why showing up is still so vital in the information age.  (via poptech)

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The Next Big Trend In Urbanization Will Revolve Around Small Cities

http://www.businessinsider.com/small-cities-population-growth-by-2050-2012-5#ixzz2NDVIQLYG

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While working on an assignment to capture how people made use of the streets in Monterrey, Mexico, photographer Alejandro Cartagena discovered an unusual perspective on commuting.

We love this photo essay.

(Photo by Alejandro Cartagena)

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If the world were flat, a vertical map of the world, by Society6.

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New York skyscrapers as art

Environmental Graffiti has some crazy NY skyscrapers as art photos. Photo by Carsten Witte.

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Swoooon.

Aerial NYC, from Russian photographer Sergey Semenov, who submitted this shot to the Epson International Photographic Pano Awards, winning in the amateur category. Maximize to get the full, plummeting effect. More at The Atlantic.

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Love today’s #Google doodle - celebrating the 150 years of #London Underground