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Bird Poop Prevention

Pigeon Spikes…on Trees

A developer in Bristol installed pigeon spikes on trees to keep bird droppings off cars.

December 26, 2017 - BBC

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U.K.'s New Urban Churches Promote ‘Renewal’

Progressive churches are attracting "younger, trendier demographics" to U.K. city centers.

April 3, 2017 - The Guardian

Population Declining, Aging in Southwest Virginia

While Washington D.C. and its surrounding counties is in the midst of a population, development, and infrastructure investment boom, the region farther south and west in the state of Virginia is bleeding population.

January 28, 2015 - Bristol Herald Courier

Bristol waterslide

Playable Cities Bring the Fun Back to City Life

Supporters and practitioners of the playable city movement will gather this week at a conference in Bristol, UK called Making the City Playable.

September 10, 2014 - Guardian Cities

Bristol waterslide

Friday Funday: Turning a City Street into a Giant Waterslide

Artist Luke Jerram recently installed a 300-foot waterslide on Park Street in Bristol, UK. The "Park and Slide" event was massively attended and wildly popular.

May 9, 2014 - Sustainable Cities Collective

An Exceptional Mayor's Mission to Create an "Exemplar Medium-Sized City"

In a week-long series of articles, Citiscope explores how Bristol's eccentric mayor aims to create “an exemplar medium-sized city.” With doses of fun, innovation and fearlessness, the former architect and businessman is changing the city's culture.

January 19, 2014 - Citiscope

English Cities Gain Historic New Powers

In what Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg calls a "dramatic power shift", England's largest cities have gained new powers to control their economies and transportation, reports Sam Lister.

July 6, 2012 - The Independent

Should Your City Build Its Own Broadband Network?

April 30, 2012 - Christopher Mitchell

Street Art Transforms City

Graffiti artists from around the world were invited to transform the brutalist post-war architecture of Bristol, England's Nelson Street.

August 26, 2011 - Tim Maughan Books

Art, or a Nuisance?

The question of whether graffiti is art or vandalism is facing a vote in Bristol, U.K., the hometown of famed graffiti artist Banksy.

September 4, 2009 - City Mayors

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