Friday Eye Candy

Phoenix reimagined for shade. Los Angeles as a place where everybody walks. San Francisco with affordable housing. AI makes a vision of the future possible.

July 7, 2023 - Chris Steins via Medium

AI-generated images are creating new landscapes and cityscapes, capable of inspiring awe or fear.

March 17, 2023 - Chris Steins via Medium

The New York Times compared images from readers portraying similar scenes in 2020 and 2022.

January 6, 2023 - The New York Times

A new book of photography amplifies what was already there.

September 17, 2021 - The Washington Post

A photo series showcases the disruptive effect the pandemic has had on the U.S. auto industry.

May 29, 2020 - Los Angeles Times

The signs of the times say much more than words can express.

April 10, 2020 - Slate

Neighborhoods don't get the same official boundaries as cities, counties, states, and countries. So how do we know where one neighborhood ends and another begins?

February 28, 2020 - Gothamist

A failed demolition has created a new, albeit temporary, landmark for Dallas.

February 21, 2020 - The Dallas Morning News

Johnny Simon shares the work of artist Marc Yankus, who created a series of images that remove people, cars, and animals from images of New York City.

November 22, 2019 - Quartzy

There's still technically some time left in the summer of 2019 to enjoy a dip, or a frolic, in a swimming hole.

September 13, 2019 - The New York Times

From Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Sydney, the best—and the cheapest—views are on ferries, buses, trains, and gondolas.

August 23, 2019 - The New York Times

Have you ever flown over a city and imagined all the subway lines running beneath the surface?

March 8, 2019 - Quid Corner

An incredibly detailed bird's eye view of Shanghai.

January 25, 2019 - Dezeen

A Reddit user created a transit map of the San Francisco Bay Area that connects Taco Bell locations, which, unlike rail public transit, have reached every corner of the region.

January 4, 2019 - Reddit

The Nib unlocks the illustrative and narrative power of cartoons to explain the neglected state of public transit in the Unite States, and to make the case for effective and empowered transit planning.

December 14, 2018 - The Nib

Finding beauty, and questions, in the concrete.

December 7, 2018 - The Seattle Times

Touring Japan for strange but beautiful buildings.

November 30, 2018 - Architizer

The New York Times published an interactive map that shows how important distance is in determining connections on social media.

September 21, 2018 - The New York Times

A collection of drone footage of the world's most beautiful cities, for those of us ready for a deskcation.

September 14, 2018 - The Mercury News

Witness the "theatricality of public space."

August 3, 2018 - Mother Jones