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The Urbanist

With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments. Nominee in the Smartest Podcast category of the 2019 British Podcast awards.

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Tall Stories 349: Jamsu Bridge, Seoul:

Jeyup S Kwaak brings us the story of Seoul’s ‘diving bridge’, which struggles to keep its head above water during its region’s rainy season.

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★20 Mar 2023
5 min

Tall Stories 349: Jamsu Bridge, Seoul: 

Jeyup S Kwaak brings us the story of Seoul’s ‘diving bridge’, which struggles to keep its head above water during its region’s rainy season.

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59616 Mar 2023
30 min

Mipim property fair: 

We report from Mipim, the world’s leading property fair, which is taking place in Cannes. We meet investors, developers, planners and local leaders to hear how they’re working to build more sustainably and create better cities and greener public areas.

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★13 Mar 2023
6 min

Tall Stories 348: Hollyhock House, Los Angeles: 

Christopher Lord visits one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most impressive Californian creations – the first piece of modern US architecture to make it onto Unesco’s World Heritage List.

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5959 Mar 2023
30 min

Good sports: 

What roles do stadiums, parks and clubrooms play in our built environment? We look at the intersection between sports and city planning, delve into the US pickleball craze and explore Argentina’s sports clubs.

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★6 Mar 2023
5 min

Tall Stories 347: Park Strip, Anchorage: 

Gregory Scruggs talks us through the various ways that Park Strip has been used since the birth of Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage.

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5942 Mar 2023
30 min

Wilding the city: 

As urban areas grow, how can we ensure that the link between nature and our cities isn’t severed? We visit Bangkok’s recently opened Benjakitti Park, discuss Ben Wilson’s new book ‘Urban Jungle: Wilding the City’ and go hiking in Philadelphia’s Wissahickon.

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★27 Feb 2023
5 min

Tall Stories 346: Paharpur Business Centre, New Delhi: 

Geetanjali Krishna visits the so-called “healthiest building in Delhi” to find out how greenery is helping to fight back against air pollution.

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59323 Feb 2023
30 min

Books and banks: 

How can ordinary city buildings have an extraordinary effect on their communities? We explore libraries to banks to see what impact they’re having on their neighbourhoods and what connection they have with citizens.

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★20 Feb 2023
6 min

Tall Stories 345: The Diefenbunker, Ottawa: 

Paul Logothetis explores the story of Cold War Canada through an extensive network of tunnels and offices built beneath a farming community in Western Ottawa in the 1960s.

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59216 Feb 2023
30 min

Communist Graz: 

What is it like to live in a communist-run city? For residents of Austria’s second city of Graz, that question ceased being hypothetical in 2021 when Elke Kahr of the Communist Party of Austria was sworn in as mayor. In this special edition of The Urbanist, Monocle’s Alexei Korolyov ventures to Graz to see how its unique leadership is affecting citizens’ lives, and whether communist stigmas still loom large.

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★13 Feb 2023
3 min

Tall Stories 344: Mercado do Bolhão, Porto: 

Ivan Carvalho visits Porto’s much-loved Mercado do Bolhão to uncover the legacy of an urban landmark that continues to bring residents together.

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5919 Feb 2023
30 min

The High Lines: 

Since opening to the public in 2009, New York’s High Line has inspired cities the world over. We explore the route of what’s set to be the Camden Highline, walk along Singapore’s Rail Corridor and return to the original.

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★6 Feb 2023
9 min

Tall Stories 343: Punxsutawney Phil: 

Chris Cermak looks at the meteorological powers of a particular Pennsylvania groundhog and the annual celebrations that take place in the town of Punxsutawney to mark his famous forecast.

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5902 Feb 2023
30 min

Park life: 

How has the way in which we perceive our parks changed and how have planners adjusted to our current needs? We explore examples of well-considered green space and ponder what’s next for the park.

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★30 Jan 2023
4 min

Tall Stories 342: Montreal’s Metro: 

Hester Underhill explores how the metro system beneath Canada’s second-largest city, and its collection of stunning mid-century designed stations, came to be.

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