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An ugly cleaning job, ca. 1998. ©Steve Alba

Steve Alba gained recognition as a vertical skateboarder in the 1970s, when the southern California backyard swimming pool was the best place to skate.

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Screen capture of garbagescout.com, James Nachlin, 2008

A Google Maps “mashup” or add-on program, garbagescout.com lets New Yorkers upload photos of objects on the street, and identify them with descriptive keywords.

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© Basurama

Most cities have scheduled days each month when oversized garbage, like furniture, is picked up in each neighbourhood.

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© Los Angeles Urban Rangers

Although California‘s constitution guarantees public access to the state’s beaches up to the mean high-tide line, this right is often thwarted by property owners with misleading signs, illegal fenc

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From Institute of Applied Autonomy

Map-generation software that provides users with their “of least surveillance” between two locations in New York City, iSee Manhattan uses data collected by groups such as the New York Civil Libert

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Courtesy of Surveillance Camera Players

Surveillance Camera Players highlight the invasive presence of publicly and privately owned surveillance cameras in cities.

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Fig tree map of Bristol generated by the Bristol Food for Free website, 2008

Bristol Food for Free is an online database of edible plants in Bristol. The website generates a map of any of the 113 species identified by its authors.

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Freecycle.org is a free email subscription service that lets members offer items free to others on their city’s list: the location, quantity, and condition of goods they would otherwise throw out a

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Interactive map of informal play spaces in São Paulo, Basurama (http://www.meipi.org/saopaulolixo)

A research project and workshop on the reuse of residual urban spaces in central São Paulo, Lixurbana documented favourite street soccer sites, DIY playgrounds, and hangout spots that had been “con

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“Wildman” Steve Brill has been leading forages in Central Park and the New York City region for over twenty-five years.

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An educational device that replicates a portion of Detroit’s residential architecture and urban layout through a system of photographs mounted on metal frames.

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