Friday Eye Candy

A new book, "London Rising," collects photos taken in not-quite-legal fashion from the tops of London's tallest buildings and structures.

February 12, 2016 - The Guardian

So the Super Bowl is actually being hosted down the road in Santa Clara, but San Francisco has been Super Bowl City all week. Luckily a feature by The Guardian offers a chance to compare The City's history with its present.

February 7, 2016 - The Guardian

The former locations of nuclear missile sites are more mundane than you probably realize. Geoff Manaugh explores satellite images of Los Angeles, and other cities, for examples.

February 5, 2016 - Travel + Leisure

After documenting places like the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and the vertical walls of El Capitan in Yosemite, the Google Streetview team thought small for its latest project.

January 15, 2016 - CityLab

The futuristic transportation idea known as the Hyperloop is starting to look real. CNN Money caught up with the leaders of one of the companies working to make the dream of super-fast, efficient intercity travel a reality.

January 8, 2016 - CNN Money

A little Christmas Day diversion for those who never stop thinking about cities.

December 25, 2015 - Urban Scratchoff

The Mapillary app allows users to upload their street-level photos into a geo-tagged sequence.

December 18, 2015 - The Mapillary Blog

Have you ever wanted to make the trains run on time? Or maybe just make the trains run at all? We have just the thing for you.

December 11, 2015 - The Oregonian

Hilla Becher passed away earlier this month at the age of 81, leaving behind an influential legacy on the art and practice of architectural photography.

October 16, 2015 - CityLab

High quality, high altitude images of that marvel of modern engineering: the freeway interchange.

July 24, 2015 - Politico Magazine

A map for good reads and long drives to new places.

July 24, 2015 - Atlas Obscura

Looking for granular illustrations of the details of local economies? Look no further.

July 17, 2015 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

Google Street View climbed 3,000 feet, straight up, to capture the images for its first-ever vertical street view.

June 26, 2015 - Google

Someone's done the hard work of finding, sorting, and stitching together millions of photos from the Internet to create animated portraits of the evolution of places.

May 22, 2015 - The Verge

A creative cartographer has created a series maps in the cartoon style of pop art.

May 15, 2015 - CityLab

The work of Marcus Lyons replicates images of already sprawling human development to the breaking point and maybe beyond.

April 17, 2015 - CityLab

Wondering when and where spring will bloom? The U.S. Forest Service has just the map to lead you to the fruits of your seasonal desires.

April 10, 2015 - CityLab

Ok maybe not everything, everything—but the recognizable tropes of subway maps do make it easier to explain everything from the development of cities to musical styles to interstellar scale.

March 27, 2015 - Vox

We know not everyone is pleased with the winter right now, but there's no denying the beauty of the United States when it's covered in snow.

March 6, 2015 - New York Times

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -Heraclitus, as quoted by Plato in Cratylus.

February 6, 2015 - Vox