Urban Decay
I Caked On 114 Layers of Makeup to Start a New Fashion Trend
Are the people of New York ready for my bold new lewk?
Why Is an Artist Rebuilding Rosa Parks' Home in Berlin?
Artist Ryan Mendoza has taken the cultural preservation of Rosa Parks into his own hands after the city of Detroit failed to do so.
A Bone To Pick: Why Do Pigeons Eat Fried Chicken on the Street?
Is it just gross? I feel like it's gross.
Detroit Drone Flyover Reveals a City in Ruins
Factories look, frankly, post-apocalyptic in cinematographer John Marton's drone flyover of the Motor City.
A Museum Is Preserving the Artifacts of Old Detroit and Turning Them into Art
As the Detroit Blight Task Force begins tearing down the city's crumbling buildings, the artists of the Seafoam Palace are trying to save the wreckage and transform it into something new.
Photographer Juan Madrid Takes Intimate Portraits of Fallen American Cities
We talked to him about capitalism, despair, and knife fights.
David Lynch in Philly, a City He Feared
Eraserhead can be viewed, in part, as a horrified reaction to a city in the throes of urban crisis. The contrast between Lynch's childhood suburb and declining industrial Philadelphia could hardly have been starker.
The Beautiful Decay of Bedrock City
For the low, low price of $5, you can wander through the oblivion that is Valle, Arizona’s Bedrock City. And you should.
Documenting All Of The Cool Stuff Brooklyn Is Slowly Losing
Anyone with even a few years of Brooklyn residency under their belt has undoubtedly seen how rapidly the borough is changing. Warehouses that were once populated with twirling gypsies, DIY beer distillers and nihilistic bike punks now greet visitors...