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city kickstarts

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The forest amid the lights and billboards of Times Square

Forget the tree that grows in Brooklyn. This ecologist wants to plant a forest in Times Square.

by Heineken

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Behind the sprawling art installation in Chicago you can control with your phone

Meet the mad scientists of Chicago’s urban renewal movement.

by Heineken

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Strolling through Quartyard San Diego, the new urban piazza

How a Kickstarter project helped create the hippest new hangout in San Diego.

by Heineken

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Below bustling Manhattan, a vision for an underground park

The Lowline is creating an urban oasis in an unexpected place.

by Heineken

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The ambitious plan to turn NYC’s dirtiest rivers into a pool party

One day you might be able to swim in the East River—and not regret it later.

by Heineken

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Portals

How Portals is forging connections in the most unlikely places

Part art installation and part social experiment, these gold shipping containers are wired and ready to recapture the random intimacy we’ve lost.

by Heineken

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Subway Symphony

James Murphy wants to turn NYC’s subway system into a symphony

The man behind LCD Soundsystem wants to make your commute sound sweeter.

by Heineken

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