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Plaza Del Ejecutivo in Mexico City

Posted on 2020/10/21 by Carl Robitaille

Every now and then a gorgeous satellite view just makes you want to travel. This picture from @DOverview shows the radiating streets surrounding the Plaza Del Ejecutivo in #MexicoCity. Planned urban environments can be really beautiful. pic.twitter.com/fH8mA9syA4
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) August 4, 2018

Densities of Major World Cities

Posted on 2020/10/20 by Carl Robitaille

Densities of Major World Cities

Countries with a smaller population than the Tokyo metropolitan area

Posted on 2020/10/17 by Carl Robitaille

Countries with a smaller population than the Tokyo metropolitan area

The Theme Park Inside An Old Nuclear Power Plant

Posted on 2020/10/14 by Carl Robitaille

Building a $2BN Skyscraper From Home

Posted on 2020/10/13 by Carl Robitaille

Construction workers at the Chrysler Building in NYC, 1929

Posted on 2020/10/13 by Carl Robitaille

Construction workers at the Chrysler Building in NYC, 1929. Just looking at this colorised footage with sound from 1929 is not for the faint of heart 👀 👀 https://t.co/4ihmKVGaw5
— XXI Century City (@urbanthoughts11) October 6, 2020

The future is here

Posted on 2020/10/06 by Carl Robitaille

Très fort ! https://t.co/6U6Fhbc5XS
— Luc Dupont (@LucDupont) October 2, 2020

The Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator, a British product from the 1920s, is a scroll-map navigator in the shape of a watch

Posted on 2020/10/06 by Carl Robitaille

The Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator, a British product from the 1920s, is a scroll-map navigator in the shape of a watch. It came with tiny interchangeable instructions that you scrolled manually to see which roads to take when driving. pic.twitter.com/HoZvLjrxbU
— Stefan Plattner 💙✌ (@splattne) August 28, 2020

Travel routes from Canberra to the rest of Australia

Posted on 2020/09/28 by Carl Robitaille

#Map shows travel routes from #Canberra to the rest of the nation. Source: https://t.co/FpneVhyGfY pic.twitter.com/QLbMnrSxnk
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) October 30, 2017

Population density through the years

Posted on 2020/09/24 by Carl Robitaille

Animated map shows the US population density. There is a lot of history condensed in this little map. Source: https://t.co/4de4HVq33G pic.twitter.com/OvD9SHfU6H
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) September 21, 2020