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Demolition

The Leaning Tower of Dallas Is Too Good for This World

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

February 21, 2020 - The Dallas Morning News

Capitol

Friday Funny: A Font Made From the Maps of Congressional Districts

Meet the Ugly Gerry font.

November 22, 2019 - The Week

Port Authority of Allegheny County

New Local Celebrity: Sinkhole Bus

Pittsburgh-area residents are finding numerous ways to celebrate a bus's misfortune.

November 8, 2019 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Subway Turnstiles

The Onion Satirizes New York's Fare Enforcement Techniques, Over Spending on Transit

Two jokes in one: The Onion reports a totally fake news story about New York builds a super expensive fake subway station just to bust fare evaders.

November 8, 2019 - The Onion

Carlos Correa

Friday Funny: Zoning Provides Nationals Fans With Another Bragging Point Over Astros Fans

The worlds of baseball and zoning collide again.

November 1, 2019 - Greater Greater Washington

English Architecture

Friday Funny: If BART Went Tudor Style

Trigger warning: this is going to get ugly.

September 27, 2019 - Twitter

Bloor and Major STreets

The Billion-Year-Old Curb Bulbout

Bloor Street didn't land on this billion-year old rock; the rock landed on Bloor Street.

September 20, 2019 - Toronto Star

CEQA Droput

Kanye West's Unpermitted Vision for Housing Utopia Has Been Demolished

Kanye had 45 days to submit plans for the unpermitted buildings built on his property in Calabasas, California. Instead, the rapper tore the buildings down.

September 13, 2019 - TMZ

Traffic Jam

Back-to-School Traffic Management Plan: Me Time

A humorous post offers advice on how to adjust to life trapped in a sea of cars swelled by school pick-up and drop-off schedules: think of it as "me time."

September 6, 2019 - The Dallas Morning News

St. Louis Fun Ride

Friday Funny: Would a Stand-Up Comedy Show Make You Ride the St. Louis Trolley?

Are we laughing with the trolley comedian, or at the trolley comedian?

August 16, 2019 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Celebrity

Kanye West Lacks Permits for the Prototype Housing Units He Built

Kanye West's first foray into the development business is off to an inauspicious start.

August 9, 2019 - TMZ

Governor Andrew Cuomo

Friday Funny: Who's Neglecting Transit Payments Now?

Satirical news website The Onion turns up the heat on New York politicians, this time flipping the tables of the fare evasion debate.

August 2, 2019 - The Onion

Superstorm Sandy

Satirizing Mayors Who Campaign for President During a Flood

The Onion took some shots at presidential hopeful and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after summer rain showers flooded streets and sent water cascading into the city's subway system.

July 26, 2019 - The Onion

Washington State

Friday Funny: The Onion Gets Weird With Climate Politics

We really didn't see this one coming.

May 17, 2019 - The Onion

Movie Premier

New York Hasn't Been the Same Since the Avengers

A satirical take on the "Leaving New York" genre of confessional makes believe Marvel Comics style. No spoilers included here.

May 3, 2019 - McSweeney's

Electric Car

Friday Funny: The Self-Driving Car That Stole All of Tesla's Money

Satirists at The Onion wrote a totally fake, but also very funny, article about a self-driving car.

April 26, 2019 - The Onion

Congestion

Friday Funny: The Onion Considers the Pros and Cons of Congestion Pricing

The satirical news website The Onion must have seen the big news out of New York this week.

March 1, 2019 - The Onion

Kids on the Street

Friday Funny: Pity the Fool Who Doesn't Yield to a Law-Abiding Pedestrian

A satirical article published by The Onion tells a familiar tale.

February 15, 2019 - The Onion

Coastal City

Friday Funny: The Onion Brings Climate Change Close to Home

The Onion's satirical news skills are put to use in canvassing public opinion about climate change.

February 1, 2019 - The Onion

Imaginary Maps

Friday Funny: Imagining Taco Bell-Oriented Rail Transit

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

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