McGill Metro Station - Montreal. 1970's
- postcard.

Dubai Airport right now

You know that #transit is free in #Luxembourg , right?

Now all of the country's buses, trams, and train stations are going to get free wi-fi, too.

virgule.lu/luxembourg/qua…

In other words: Caveat lector. (To go all “Roman civilization” on you.)

🧵 On Those Classic Cultural Twitter Accounts

Someone on here questioned why I would say that accounts like the one below are dog whistles for white supremacy.

Well, ok. Let's do this.

This account has over a million followers and posts seemingly innocuous images of admittedly BEAUTIFUL buildings.

Of course, 99% of them are...er...the creations of white Europeans located in Europe.

createstreets Melissa & Chris Bruntlett 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 Yes, yes, yes!
Visit a UK city with trams - like Manchester, Sheffield or Nottingham for example - and experience how much better the “trammed” streets feel - then imagine how much better again if much of the track-bed was soft, green rain gardens.

And here's the before and after shot.

6. Old Penn Station, NYC (1910 - 1963)

New York's majestic gateway might be the greatest train station ever built. After just 50 years, it was demolished to make way for Madison Square Garden, and the station pushed underground…

The most beautiful library ever built in the US, with towering cast-iron book alcoves. An institution since 1874, it was demolished in 1955 and the library moved to a new site with more space. Today, a parking garage stands in its place.

America built some of the world's greatest architecture... and then demolished it.

A thread of wonders that were lost (and why)... 🧵

1. Cincinnati Library: replaced by a parking garage

Avec plaisir!

Born on this day, April 15, 1938:
Claudia Cardinale, actress, here illustrating that a Dutch bike, a skort, and a turtleneck are all anyone really needs to have a good time.
Happy #BicycleBirthday , Claudia!