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Shanghai At Night
- 20 Apr 2012
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- April 20 2012 China Cities Earth from Space Night Skies Shanghai
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"The city of Shanghai sits along the delta banks of the Yangtze River along the eastern coast of China. The city proper is the world’s most populous city (the 2010 census counts 23 million people, including “unregistered” residents). With that many humans, the city is a tremendous sight at night. Shanghai is a key financial capital for China and the Asian Pacific region. The bright lights of the city center and the distinctive new skyscrapers that form the skyline along the Pudong district (the eastern shore of the Huangpu River, a tributary of the Yangtze that cuts through the center of Shanghai) make for spectacular night viewing both on the ground and from space."

via earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Hanging Houses of Cuenca
- 11 Apr 2012
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- April 11 2012 Cities Historical Spain
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"Nestled in the the city of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha is a fine example of the absolute maximization of available space that the 15th through 18th centuries could provide.

Perched high atop a hill, 85 miles East of Madrid, the City of Cuenca lacked the option to spread out as population grew, so they did the next best: they expanded upwards, and outwards.

Once a common sight throughout the entire city, these houses, know as “hanging houses” seem to cling perilously to rocky outcroppings. Sometimes topping out at seven or eight, gravity defying (for the age) stories, these rascacielos, or skyscrapers often extended out over the valley far below.

The only remaining, intact structure of this type is Las Casas Colgadas, translated literally as The Hanging Houses, is now the location of the Cuenca Spanish Museum of Abstract Arts as well as a restaurant."

via atlasobscura.com
Hanging Gardens ~ Planting Rooftops
- 19 Feb 2012
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- Cities February 19 2012 Gardens Green Roofs
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more via oddstuffmagazine.com
Cities at Night ~ Panorama of Millions
- 10 Feb 2012
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- Cities Earth from Space February 10 2012 ISS Night Skies United States
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"Do you live here?

Tens of millions of Earthlings live and work in the bustling and seemingly intertwined American mega-metropolis of the Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center splotch) captured in this stunning “Cities at Night” panorama of the East Coast of the United States along the Atlantic seaboard."

via universetoday.com
Buford, Wyoming : Population 1
- 10 Jan 2012
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- Cities Demographics January 10 2012 Wyoming
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The smallest town in the United States

In the late 19th century, 2000 people lived in Buford, Wyoming. Railroad workers needed somewhere to settle, and the small town wasn't half bad in terms of pop-up cities in the barren West. But as the railroad progressed toward the Pacific, the workers moved with it, leaving Buford to slowly decline into almost-nothingness.

Today, the mountain town of Buford has only 1 permanent resident. Hundreds of people everyday pass through the town on Interstate 80 but only one man, Don Sammons, holds down the fort. Sammons operates the Buford Trading Post, and his been alone since 2008 when his son moved away. Despite its tiny size, it has become somewhat of a roadside attraction for its street sign that states quite plainly: Elevation 8000, Population 1.

via atlasobscura.com
City of Manazan located in Taskale, Turkey
- 21 Dec 2011
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- 20December11 Cities Oddities Turkey architecture
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"Dating back to the Byzantine Empire, the City of Manazan features an entire rock face, carved to create a vertical village of tiny rooms. Naturally protected from invaders and the elements, this rock-cut village has survived through centuries of war and regime change in Central Anatolia.

Although seemingly impractical, Manazan stretches up five stories and across 3km of cliffs, and was a fully functioning city centuries ago. The intricate series of caves and tunnels housed churches, storage facilities, family homes and even cemeteries, all high above the ground on the cliff face.

Today, the city is no longer inhabited, but locals from Taskale still use the temperate caves to store wheat, cheese and other grains, and the region is actively developing the area for greater revenue from tourism."

via atlasobscura.com
Kenya’s Hidden History : Gedi Revealed
- 20 Dec 2011
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- 19December11 Africa Ancient Cities Kenya archaeology
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"Gedi is one of Kenya's great little known treasures, an astonishing vanished metropolis lying at the heart of the immense Arabuko Sokoke forest sixty miles away from Mombassa, Kenya’s second city. It is moreover a site of enormous mystery, an archaeological enigma that to this day creates intense discussion between historians. Who built in and why did they leave ?"

via kuriositas.com
Astonishing Miniature Cities
- 26 Nov 2011
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- 25November11 Cities Miniature Models
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"The artists worldwide have a dream to create the miniatures of some of the world’s most famous cities. The reason is very simple as you can see the whole city alike and that’s too at one place through your eyes, so artists take the job and created the excellent miniatures. You can’t find a difference between the real one and the miniature except of the size."

via oddstuffmagazine.com
Chan Chan
- 10 Nov 2011
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- 09November11 Cities Incas Native American Peru World Heritage Site archaeology
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"The largest Pre-Columbian city in South America, Chan Chan is an archaeological site located in the Peruvian region of La Libertad, five km west of Trujillo. Chan Chan covers an area of approximately 20 km² and had a dense urban center of about 6km². Chan Chan was constructed by the Chimor (the kingdom of the Chimú), a late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization. The vast adobe city of Chan Chan was built by the Chimu around AD 850 and lasted until its conquest by the Inca Empire in AD 1470. It was the imperial capital of the Chimor until it was conquered in the 15th century. It is estimated that around 30,000 people lived in the city of Chan Chan.

Chan Chan was added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986."

via en.wikipedia.org
The Visionary Example of Eixample, Barcelona
- 3 Nov 2011
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- 02November11 Barcelona Cities Design Planning Spain architecture
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Eixample

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Constructed in the early 20th century, Eixample is a district of the Spanish city of Barcelona known for the urban planning that divided the district into octagonal blocks. Influenced by a range of schools of architecture, Eixample was designed in a grid pattern with long streets, wide avenues, and rounded street corners. Despite being in the center of a thriving European metropolis, the district provides improved living conditions for inhabitants including extensive sun light, improved ventilation, and more open green space for public use. And of course, the result from the grid-like structure is astounding from above:

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