
Draw on a deflated balloon, send it to "Blow The City," and at the end of February, they will be inflated and hung in the streets of Belgium. Via Wooster

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When someone says we need a new Manhattan Project, do they really mean what they think they mean? Tom Brokaw posed one of the savviest...
Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's president today. He was facing impeachment charges. Musharraf has had a funny (odd funny, not ha-ha...

This is where I stop writing about pot, hand the vaporizer over to you fine dudes, and start writing about other things.

When the decades get together and debate which one is best, the '80s drops this video and the game is immediately over.

What used to be the "American drug" is now popular worldwide.
The banana sections of super markets are some zany places. Last week, you might remember, the world's deadliest spider traveled from Honduras to...
A few months ago, we profiled John Fetterman, the mayor of a formerly dying Pennsylvania steel town named Braddock. Fetterman has been trying to...
Summertime is just around the bend and you know what that means? Block party! If you live in Youngstown, Ohio, or the San Fernando Valley, no...

Back in December we teamed up with urban planners, writers, artists and other people working to make Los Angeles better for LA 2.0. That project...

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 1, when groups all over the world will be discussing our latest issue. Find out how to join an event near you.
Congratulations to our City R+D finalists: Chattanooga, Jersey City and San Francisco!
Contradictions abound. Is Los Angeles on the verge of becoming one of our great American cities or is it just another sprawling mess?
We asked GOOD readers to help us redesign the standard recipe with a graphic twist to make cooking more fun. See the amazing submissions.

A scratch-and-sniff children's book tours the scents of New York City. Find out which smells made the cut.
DIY city The city could be an open platform that connected citizen service-providers and problem-solvers with opportunities to serve. There would...
Slow City Cities could commit to a slower pace and maximum work hours (like France's 35 hour work weeks) to employ more people, and to make more...
Show City The city could be a theater. Every citizen could be a writer, an actor, a director, and a stage-hand. Cities would match up those with...
City 70/20/10 This is a riff on Google's agreement with employees to maximize each individual’s effectiveness. "In order to always develop...

You've got two days left to submit ideas and have world class designers bring them to life. Here are some wild wishes submitted so far.

Should this city council member resign after talking about murdering Americans?
