Many illegal settlements in India have grown into bustling districts more populous than many American cities, yet lacking amenities and legal protections, and residents face the perpetual threat of eviction.
Business is booming at the Sonora Market in Mexico City, where people concerned with the economy and the country's drug violence seek charms for protection and good luck.
Some urban planners still believe that the best way to ease traffic congestion is to build more roads, especially roads that can take drivers around or over crowded city streets.
Others say that exceptional brains play a more significant role. In the 1980s, neurolinguist Loraine Obler of the City University of New York found a talented language learner she called 'CJ', who could speak five languages.
Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber performed an extraordinarily graceful “Waltz on the Wall” suspended on the side of Oakland’s City Hall, twisting and turning effortlessly over the heads of their spectators far below.
Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber performed an extraordinarily graceful “Waltz on the Wall” suspended on the side of Oakland’s City Hall, twisting and turning effortlessly over the heads of their spectators far below.
Amelia Rudolph and Roel Seeber performed an extraordinarily graceful “Waltz on the Wall” suspended on the side of Oakland’s City Hall, twisting and turning effortlessly over the heads of their spectators far below.
When you keep a collection of books in a city where the roads are made of water, you have to go with the flow. Venice's "Libreria Acqua Alta" keeps all their titles in basins, boats, and even a full-sized gondola!
When you keep a collection of books in a city where the roads are made of water, you have to go with the flow. Venice's "Libreria Acqua Alta" keeps all their titles in basins, boats, and even a full-sized gondola!