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Cool Green Bus Terminal Coming to San Francisco

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

An artist’s conception of the green new Transbay Terminal being built in San Francisco. Image via Inhabitat . One of my favorite things to do in Turkey is go down to the main otogar (bus station), ask around for buses to interesting destinations, and hop on. The station itself is no great shakes architecturally or anything, but I love the hustle and bustle and the feeling that a whole country’s worth of options is open to me. That sense of possibility and movement draws me to trans… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Would A Curvy Crosswalk Reduce Accidents?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

We always say that streets are for people, but nobody works very hard to make them comfortable for people rather than cars. After all, cars get curved corners to make it easier to get around but humans, they have to make sharp right angles. Jae Min Lim looks at the problem, and redesigns the crosswalk to reflect how people actually move…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Boxsal, a Pretty Fun Picnic in a Cardboard Box (Photos)

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Summer is the prefect time for picnics, pretty much anywhere! On roof tops, in Central Park, at the beach, open air cinemas or the zoo, a good picnic is special. But how often do you make the effort and unleash your creativity to put together a delicious lunch or dinner in a box or basket? The design team The Three Blind Ants have just made it a little bit easier, a little bit more fun and a little eco-friendlier with the Boxsal . It is basically a fashionable cardboard box with enough room to fit a bottle of wine, snacks, sandwiches and more. Boxsal comes with beautiful utensils, plates, cups and n… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Anne Frank’s Tree Finally Falls

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image from current.com The chestnut tree outside Anne Frank’s attic window was a source of hope and comfort to her whilst in hiding from the Nazis during World War 2. She often mentioned it in her poignant diaries: “The two of us looked out at the blue sky, the bare chestnut tree glistening with dew…and we were so moved and entranced that we couldn’t speak.” The 152 year old tree has been dying slowly for a few years and had been propped up by a supporting structure. Until Monday, when… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Turn a Phone Booth into a Library in Four Easy Steps

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Amy Inouye sets up the Highland Park Book Booth. Photos via Good (left) and 90042 (right). Turning a disused pay-phone booth into a community library has been done before. But Los Angeles-based artist Amy Inouye may be the first to break the process down into easy-to-follow steps that help answer the pressing questions of aspiring street librarians: Which of the many abandoned phone booths in my neighborhood should I choose? … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Empty’ Spaces are Full of Life in Berlin — For Now

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Tentstation campground is just five minutes from central Berlin’s main Hauptbahnhof train station. Photo via IgoUgo . In the crowded heart of Istanbul lies a secret garden. Actually, there are probably at least a few, but the one I had the pleasure of having a barbecue in recently sits behind a friend’s apartment, a neglected, overg… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Can Great Design Redeem the Parking Garage?

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image Courtesy of: archdaily.com Parking garages are generally considered to be a necessary evil: necessary because everyone drives; evil because they are usually drab, ugly concrete structures that take up valuable urban space. Yet in recent years, architects and designers have been working to counter this view , by adding solar panels, giving preference to hybrid cars , and g… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Clothesline Ban Leaves UAE Locals Hung Out to Dry

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Laundry drying outside in Istanbul’s Tarlabaşı neighborhood. Photo by Jonathan Lewis ; used with permission. Residents of Sharjah can now add putting their clothes to dry on an outdoor line to the list of things that can get them into trouble in the conservative emirate, along with drinking alcohol, dressing immodestly, and mixing with members of the opposite sex. But many say they have no other choice but to hang their kanduras and abayas out for all to see…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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NYC Guerrilla Gardeners Turn Billboard Blight into Pop-Up Planters — In Four Easy Steps

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo of an ‘instant’ garden at Spring and Lafayette via NYC The Blog . Guerrilla gardeners in New York have seized the opportunity created by the city’s crackdown on illegal advertisements to promote their own cause on the now-empty billboard spaces: greening the urban jungle, one pop-up wall garden at a time…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Cycling with Style Promotes New Bicycle Schemes in London

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Images from the Guardian Good for You, Green For London by Rachel Lillie London’s Transport Museum held a competition : asking designers and artists to create posters to push cycling and all its benefits. We know what they are: cleaner environment, healthier people, and fewer cars. But take a look at the many and delightful ways that these winning designs have illustrated the joys of cycling… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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