featured urban app or website
NYC Apps to Find Free Condoms, Prevent Drunk Driving and Discover History
Consider this a public service announcement with a twist. We’ve come across various departments of New York City that
Cool Urban Website: Streetmix Makes Designing Streets Easy and Fun
For those that suffered through classes in planning school in order to hack Illustrator and Photoshop to show streetscapes, behold
Featured Urban Website: Manhattan Sideways is Documenting Every Numbered Side-Street
Our new favorite online urban eye candy, Manhattan Sideways, makes us reconsider the less documented parts of the grid system.
8-Bit City’s Pixelated Video Game Maps of New York, Paris, and Other Cities
New York, as seen through the eyes of a 1980’s teenager. 8-Bit City maps look like 80’s video
Featured App: CultureNOW’s Museum Without Walls for NYC, Boston, LA
The Museum Without Walls app is sponsored by CultureNOW, an organization formed in 2002 which celebrates our surroundings as a
Featured App/Website: Cinemacity, Your Ultimate Guide to Paris Film Locations
Since the introduction of the motion picture as an artistic medium, Paris has been continually captured on film. Cinemacity, a
Geoguessr: A Google Street View Game to Explore the World
Do you know where this is? For a fun way to get through the work day, check out Geoguessr, a
Fontly, An App for Vintage Signage Nerds
Like all urban explorers, we’re pretty obsessed with historical signage and typography. From our recent profile of Alphabet City,
Kickstarter Project Retakes Melbourne through "Re-photography"
Left: Melbourne’s Russell Street in the 1950s. Right: The same location in 2013. For the past two years, Melbourne,
Featured App of the Week: NYC-ARTS
There are so many apps out there that sometimes it can be a little difficult to decide which to download,
Featured Foursquare List: Sunday in Chinatown
Photo by Luke Kingma Each week, we’ll feature one of our popular lists on Foursquare (or exciting additions to
Featured App of the Week: The Silent History
There are so many apps out there that sometimes it can be a little difficult to decide which to download,
