Portland celebrates another safe year for cyclists, Hamburg goes car-free, San Francisco rents its c

Portland celebrates another safe year for cyclists, Hamburg goes car-free, San Francisco rents its curbs to tech buses, Houston’s got some wacky architecture, and L.A. is the city of the future—or a city in decline? It’s all in this week’s Urban Reads.

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These Apartments Grow Their Own A/C

A newly completed 15-unit apartment building in Hamburg Germany is already turning heads. Though, with a facade covered in sun-tracking algae tanks, it’s hard not to stare. More »