VOL.01
You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical accident’, an urban enclave so densely populated by squatters that even the law lost its grip on the seven-acre plot crammed with 300 interconnected towers. It turns out we had one just like it right here in Paris. And unlike Kowloon, which was [...]
It was the most densely populated place on Earth for most of the 20th century, where a room cost the equivalent of US$6 per month in high rise buildings that belonged to no country. In this urban enclave, “a historical accident”, law had no place. Drug dealers, pimps and prostitutes lived and worked alongside kindergartens, [...]
In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay depicting the [...]
I went on a mad spree this morning on Tumblr looking for some colorful urban marvels that I’d like to hop to and from if I had one of those teleportation thingys from Star Trek. Welcome to another edition of Travel P*rn™! Tbilisi, Georgia via here Georgetown, Malaysia Via here San Juan, Puerto [...]
Welcome to Niaqornat, Northwest Greenland. Population: 59. Dogs outnumber people in this surreal
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People choose to live in some pretty baffling places, like those towns sitting at the base of
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You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
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A room with uninterrupted sea views? Admittedly, it might need a bit of work but this underwater
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It was the most densely populated place on Earth for most of the 20th century, where a room cost
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“It’s not a symbol of harassment. It’s a symbol of a woman having an absolutely
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Late night shopping in Milan, a stroll down a Croatian beach or a romantic dinner in Venice? Those
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While we might rely on passenger trains to get us to work everyday, in Cambodia people are lucky to
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Everyone needs to find their own café– it’s an identity thing. 1. The Grounds, Alexandria,
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In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a
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It’s called the Vochol, a cross between the word ‘vocho’, slang in Mexico for
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is probably one of the most fascinating places on
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Straight out of a Jetson’s cartoon, let’s take a look at a few cities of the future
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There are no cars or motorcycles in the medieval quarters of Jodphur, India, once the capital of a
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