In the abandoned mansions of Bishops Avenue—London’s second most expensive street—ferns poke through staircases, water runs down walls, and animal skeletons litter the carpets. How is decay blooming amid such valuable property? In fact, it’s blooming because of it.
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More than 300 years ago, settlers traveling up the St. Lawrence River founded the small town of Verchères. To commemorate the landing, Quebec architects Les Ateliers Guyon recently installed these elegant outdoor seats along the river’s banks. The idea is to transport the "to the seventeenth century, a time without roads; when the only means of transportation was a ship, propelled by water and wind." [Daily Tonic]
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It took more than 2,000 pounds of explosives to bring down this 32-story tower in Frankfurt yesterday—roughly the same amount as a Mark 84 bomb. Thankfully, since we live in the age of YouTube, there are plenty of astounding videos of the demo.
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St. Vincent is kind of like that girl from high school. You know the one. She didn’t care about the popular kids. She wore vintage clothes before they were cool, and she drove to the city on the weekends to see art house flicks with her friends who were already in college. Damn, that girl was cool.
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The Statue of Liberty’s arm, building laws that were meant to be broken, and oh hey is there a Super Bowl tie-in in here somewhere? Imagine that. But that’s not all we have to feed your eyeballs this week. Check out the most beautiful items of the week or remain in suspense forever.
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Sad Janka Kráľa is one of the oldest city parks in Europe, dating back to 1774—though parts of it go back to the 1400s. Today, the park coexists with modern Bratislava—itself an ancient city. Both were shot by Viennese photographer Lukas Furlan, whose portfolio is definitely worth a look. [Lukas Furlan on Facebook and 500px]
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The Houston Astrodome was added to the National Register of Historic Places today, seemingly granting it a modicum of attention and protection against its imminent demolition. But not so fast—the fate of the world’s first domed stadium
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It’s basically a Portlandia sketch: What if a city held a rally to save a building in trouble and no one came? As part of our series Preservation Battle, we look at significant structures at a crossroads, and today we’re examining Portland, Oregon’s very-endangered—yet almost-universally-hated—Portland Building.
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Despite the trash and half-finished buildings
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Middle America’s decorative water towers—not those nasty things in New York
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