Urban // Current

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Urban farming movement "like a revolution"

On a plot of soil, nestled against the backdrop of skyscrapers in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, a group of residents are turning a... more

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Un luna park cinese Foto: Matteo Damiani

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Drake Releases Video for "Best I Ever Had" [Drake]

“When women see the video and see all the breast and ass, hopefully they don’t take offense. Hopefully they see the... more

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URBAN YOGI~Siri Shiva Singh

Introducing a taste of The Urban Yogi Movement. Timelapse meets Meditation. Taken place at a parade in West Hollywood June 2009.... more

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063009 ep.#4: Infrastructural Irony, Killer Cars

I dream of a world without cars. (as an ex smoker, I've come to appreciate and revere fresh air)

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Eunice Arbis, With A Weakness For Chocolates [Dapstar]

Eunice Arbis 22 years old Measurements 32B-23-30 "…My beauty secret? eh? haha! I would have to say sleeping a lot... more

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Melissa Jameau, Supporting a Great Cause [Dapstar]

Melissa Jameau 25 years old Measurements ---- "When I was 22, I’ve always had people tell me I should get into it... more

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Director RT! The Art of Music Video [Dapstar]

The exhibition will feature Photography Stills of his Music Videos as well as Behind the Scene Still of Music artists and raw... more

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Give Money, Make Change! [Dapstar]

For those of you who have been living under a rock and haven’t heard of one of Toronto’s Successful Youth Help Program... more

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UFC Undisputed! [Dapstar]

“Holy crap, what a dirty spanking!”, that’s what I said after... [Click the top link to read article]

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Christina Z, Hardly A Tomboy! [Dapstar]

Name: Christina Zawierucha 21 Years old Measurements 34-26-38 "…I use to be the biggest tomboy ever! I played... more

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Street Level Vancouver

Vancouver, home to PBLKS headquarters (my apartment), has once again been awarded the #1 spot on the Economist’s global... more

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Nike Air Yeezy London Campout

Our very own Mr Londoner and his quest for the elusive Nike Air Yeezy's. Read all about it and see pictures of people... more

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Russell Peters LIVE at the ACC [Dapstar]

When you hear someone quote the line “Somebody gonna geta hurt real bad” in an Indian accent, you know they must have... more

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Neoselva Zoological Conservancy

A Virtual Urban Tropical Rain Forest @ Fort Lauderdale Downtown Produced and Directed by Alexandra Rangel

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roadscapes

Fotografie, Disegni: 28 febbraio 2009 Danza: 24 aprile 2009 Vic Ballet School Vicolo Carmelitani Scalzi, 18 Verona... more

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Angelina Polska - Pretty, Playful & Polish [Dapstar]

Angelina Polska / 20 years old / Measurements: 34B-27-33 "If I had to choose another profession?) Police Officer because I... more

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Goodbye Face Time, Hello SMS! [Dapstar]

...Text messaging is also a channel for people to share feelings without the awkwardness whether it is confessing a crush or... more

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Can America's Urban Food Deserts Bloom?

Inside the supermarket, uniformed workers are stacking pineapples into neat rows across from bundles of fresh mustard greens, tamarind pods and nopalitos — sliced cactus ears common in Mexican dishes. In much of the country, Farmers Best Market would not be an extraordinary sight. But here on 47th Street, a gritty stretch of Chicago's South Side flush with Golden Arches and purveyors of Colt 45 Malt Liquor, the store is an oasis. It's also raising an intriguing proposition: Can an inner-city supermarket profitably specialize in fresh produce and meats — and, ultimately, be a model solution to urban America's health crisis?

For years, major supermarket chains have been criticized for abandoning densely populated, largely black and Latino communities in cities like Detroit, Los Angeles, Memphis and Newark, N.J. — contributing to what many experts call food deserts. Many of these communities are, quite literally, starving for broader and healthier food options beyond the seemingly ubiquitous fast-food chains and corner stores selling barely a handful of fruits and vegetables — at relatively high prices.
Simply put, people eat what is convenient and affordable — and if it's fat-heavy fast food, that's what they'll chow down on. The prevalence of obesity among American youth overall increased to 16.3% in 2006, from 5% in 1980, but some 28% of non-Hispanic black females between ages 12 and 19 are obese, as are about 20% of Mexican-American females (the statistic for non-Hispanic white females in the same age group is 14.5%). In congressional testimony earlier this year, a top official from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identified food deserts as a cause of these grim statistics.

Experts have declared roughly half of Detroit (pop. 916,000) a food desert and estimate that nearly 633,000 of Chicago's 3 million residents live in neighborhoods either lacking or far away from conventional supermarkets like Jewel, Pathmark and Winn-Dixie. The paucity of affordable, healthy food options in urban communities is ironic in a country with an abundance of food. "Everyone deserves to eat," says Mari Gallagher, president of the National Center for Public Research, a Chicago group that studies urban issues. The crisis, she adds, "really is a matter of life and death."Inside the supermarket, uniformed workers are stacking pineapples into neat rows across from bundles of fresh mustard greens,... more