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Collaboration and experimentation at the Bloomberg CityLab summit in Madrid Apr 30, 2026

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Carlota Rebelo reports from the Bloomberg CityLab summit in Madrid, bringing us conversations with the most insightful speakers who have descended on the Spanish capital.

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Tall Stories 506: The renaissance of Suzhou Creek’s Left Bank Apr 27, 2026

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Tomás Pinheiro heads to Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek to see how the area went from a forgotten district to a sought-after commercial and residential location.

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A bridge designer’s guide to connecting communities Apr 23, 2026

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Bridge designer Ezra Groskin from Moxon Architects talks about how his craft connects our cities. Then: Kate Brown describes the quiet revolutions garnered from tiny gardens in our urban environments.

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Tall Stories 505: Linz’s Grottenbahn – a dreamland surrounded by history Apr 20, 2026

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Alexei Korolyov takes a ride on Linz’s Grottenbahn – a classic tourist attraction that takes you through one of the city’s former fortification towers.

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How major events have influenced Milan’s urban infrastructure Apr 16, 2026

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We look at the legacy left by Milan’s Expo 2015 and the Olympic Winter Games on urban infrastructure. Then: Ottawa’s winter-transport report. Plus: Hong Kong’s plans to develop 120 hectares of protected wetlands.

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Tall Stories 504: Caracas’s El Helicoide – from mall to political prison to rebirth Apr 13, 2026

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Camille Rodríguez Montilla investigates the dark history and hopeful future of Caracas’s mall-turned-political-prison – El Helicoide.

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Breaking ground or breaking promises? New York mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days in office Apr 09, 2026

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We discuss some of the promises that led to Zohran Mamdani’s election, from affordability and small businesses to transit. Plus: how are immigrant communities reacting to one of their own sitting in city hall?

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Tall Stories 503: The Sámi Cultural Centre in Finland and its impact Apr 06, 2026

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Petri Burtsoff takes us to Sajos, in Finland’s northern Lapland, a centre for culture and administration in the Sámi community.

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Finding out what our urban futures hold in Ljubljana Apr 02, 2026

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Guy de Launey reports from Urban Future, a Better Cities event taking place this year in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.

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Tall Stories 502: The Columbus Lighthouse’s bizarre origin story Mar 30, 2026

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Gregory Scruggs tells the odd tale of the energy-sapping totem that is Santo Domingo’s Columbus Lighthouse.

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