Urban Subversion @UrbanSubversion
Passionate about activites that broaden our usage of urban functionality. aka @olimould tacity.co.uk/book/ The subversive city Joined August 2009-
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A local artist in Berlin has put up fake real estate advertisements to prank international investors: pu.city/2VGO2O9
The Mosaic man of Southampton bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng…
We'll be the judge of that.... vice.com/en_uk/article/…
We may only be a few months away from 2020, yet apparently subterranean abandonment is still rife for aesthetic voyeurism apparently theguardian.com/uk-news/galler…
💯 this by @olimould: "it’s time to ignore city rankings because they do more harm than good." theconversation.com/ignore-liveabl…
Hounded: 7 Abandoned Greyhound Racing Tracks weburbanist.com/2019/07/28/hou…
How many will/have urbexers been to? Does anyone actually care anymore? theguardian.com/cities/gallery…
A very British subversion - abandoned tea rooms of the UK weburbanist.com/2019/07/14/tea…
Free climbing the Shard and he doesn't even get arrested? theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/j…
The rebirth of Detroit - the US' most ruinous city bbc.co.uk/news/extra/Knx…
More urban protest stickers from @Faxsly, this time in Berlin turbulentlondon.com/2019/07/04/pro…
There’s a new energy in housing politics—established political actors ignore this at their peril. So I argue in the @guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Remembering and memorialising the queer radicality of the Stonewall riots in New York City newrepublic.com/article/154249…
Imitating a cockroach to get Athenians to talk ow.ly/dZwr50uLnJD
Best parkour ever.
It’s all about perspective: the hidden city in the glass of skyscrapers. mymodernmet.com/navid-baraty-a…
““In the beginning, there was no contact with the city’s decision-makers” - the DIY skate park that revitalised a city. theguardian.com/cities/2019/ap…
Guerrilla gardening without the gentrifying overtones? Tactical urbanism as it should be.
Guerrilla gardening without the gentrifying overtones? Tactical urbanism as it should be.

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