Tag: Streets

How could I not respond to the August monthly challenge after walking the colorful streets of Colombia? Vibrant, bright and cheerful, Colombian houses present their best façade to the world. The paint, the patterns, the contrasting trim and the simple motifs are charming and unpr...

Street dance is a style of dance that has its roots in the urban communities where it originated. From the early days of hip-hop and breakdancing in the 1970s, to the more recent emergence of styles like krumping and waacking, street dance has evolved to encompass a wide variety of dance styles and ...

Netherlands is famous for many things: tulips, windmills, and a unique approach to managing water. But there’s another area where the Dutch stand out, and that’s their innovative approach to public urinals. For centuries, cities like Amsterdam have faced challenges with public urinati...

In 1998, Athens Mayor Gwen O’Looney stepped on to the stage at the bottom of Washington Street and looked out at a crowd of over 100,000 people who came to see the town’s very own Widespread Panic.The enormous gathering was more than double what she had expected. Always the optimist, ...

I adored that car and loved the precious time we spent playing with it together. A few of those moments were on the road, but most of the time it sat parked in his garage. Or on cinder blocks in the yard, much to the chagrin of the neighbors. As a result of this exposure to an automobile so impra...

After a long, long day of walking, I just wanted to go back to my room and sleep, even though it was over 30°C and my room on the 18th floor barely had any ventilation. I was waiting for a tram in the square Malostranské náměstí along with a large crowd — all in their...

With a history that spans over a millennium, it’s no wonder why Prague is famed as a cradle of beguiling arts, architecture and astronomical clocks. Every time I’ve visited Prague, I’ve been enamoured by its fantasy-like streets, scarcely touched by the 21st century. It was a city ...

Two days ago, about 40 San Franciscans took to the streets to make a point — on two wheels. The bicyclists pedaled across the Mission, Excelsior, Glen Park, and other neighborhoods to highlight some of the city’s lesser known slow streets and draw attention to a hearing, later today, ...

Everyone knows the shortest alley in San Francisco is Balance Place, and of course Vermont Street is the crookedest. The steepest grade? Bradford Street. But what about that old tale you might’ve heard from a drunk companion late one night that some San Francisco streets were actually ...

Sydney as the biggest city in Australia and one of the busiest places around is a commercial, financial, media and fashion hub. No doubt there are almost endless opportunities how, what or where to shop. Sydney is crossed with thousands of streets creating wide spread web of concrete. On these stree...

Have you ever wondered why some North-South Vancouver streets change their names and have a weird S-curve to them? Clark turns into Knight and Commercial into Victoria. And what is up with the grid in the same area, around 15th and 16th avenues? Website

Have you ever wondered why some North-South Vancouver streets change their names and have a weird S-curve to them? Clark turns into Knight and Commercial into Victoria. And what is up with the grid in the same area, around 15th and 16th avenues? Learn More

It must have been the drool on my cheek or the stream of it breaking away from its pool, running down my arm, that woke me up. Or potentially, the bus hit a pothole. Usually, buses in Vancouver ran pretty smoothly. When I woke up, it felt like I’d been asleep for hours. It was possible —...

In a world filled with unspoken injustices and deep-rooted inequalities, the streets become an echo chamber of raging voices, a place where the unheard find solace in raising their collective voice. It is in these moments when society’s simmering tensions boil over, giving birth to a phenomeno...