Crookstone Hill, Derbyshire, Peak District #fingerpostFriday

Win Hill, Derbyshire, Peak District yesterday #trigpointThursday

Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7 km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change. Streets for people are good for business.

I must’ve been going to the wrong libraries all my life.

2nd place in the annual brick architecture awards in Iran Apartment building in Bushehr, Iran Architect: Mehdi Baghbani

"It’s silly to say it’s entirely terrible but there are major downsides” observer.co.uk/culture/arch...

Always enjoy a visit to the UCL Bartlett and AA degree shows, however or because their work is so speculative.

Much improved Gordon St / Gordon St at UCL. Strident road markings, planting, seating, breakout space for cafes and meetings which on a Friday lunch was clearly popular. Oddly though it all looks a bit reversible - even the zebra crossing is still there - heritage legacy installation?

Does replacing parking with bike-lanes hurt restaurant business? Of course not, as this new peer-reviewed STUDY of 15 years of Montreal data showed. ACTUALLY, downtown experienced significant restaurant growth after bike lanes were installed. @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...

treebeard at sea

‘…we need to achieve a minimum of 40% street tree canopy cover, and preferably more, before we start to really feel the benefits of nature’s most advanced air-conditioning technology.’ Me, for Big Issue, on tackling urban #heatwaves…👇 www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...

The Bins of Lucca #aofoto

Manchester City. The Stone Roses. The Blue Moon Chippy - Three Manchester Institutions 📸 Richard Cooke

Less intriguing and more highly predictable. More of the same just bigger www.placenorthwest.co.uk/masterplan-f...

Taking shelter from the sun. #peakdistrict #froggatt

Apartments with bamboo shutters in Kerman, Iran Bamboo was chosen as it was growing in front of the building site… By maoffice

Magna Performing Arts McNeal, AZ

Antwerp 2026 post has been published on Beer Europe blog. Features BierPassie Weekend festival, beer cafes, brewery taprooms, coffee, a pub cat, landmarks etc. #Belgium #BSkyBeer beereurope.blogspot.com/2026/06/antw...

Beauchief Abbey #PremonstratensianThursday

THREAD: I’m going to share this thread here to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, for all those who frequently ask me about it, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share it frequently if you think it will help. 🧵#EVS

Haarlem, St Bavo. #woodenvaultwednesday together with #liernesinjuli

'The Birches Head' Graphite Sketch

The Daily Whitley, Cleethorpes

A May 2026 look at some cities bordering France/Belgium, for their urban comfort. 1) Lille: bsky.app/profile/dyso... 2) Arras: bsky.app/profile/dyso... 3) Kortrijk: bsky.app/profile/dyso... 4) Tournai 👇

Of course rich parents should have to pay VAT on an Eton education. After all, the rest of us have to pay VAT on a Gregg's pastie.

#SaturdayStaircase Bruce Castle Museum, Tottenham #aofoto

kind of an insane low carbon single stair building in switzerland by baumschlager eberle construction costs are roughly $400k per unit largely 2-3 bedroom units. most homes have 2 or more aspects wood windows look at those deep AF window reveals www.detail.de/de_en/wohnge...

Busy Bee Cafe DeFuniak Springs, FL

Old Phone Box, Tiree, inner Hebrides, painting by Ron Lawson, Scottish landscape artist.

Vaulting on Vrijdag, Middelburg. #vaultingvrijdag Following tierceron Thursday.

Following recent visits to Paris bsky.app/profile/dyso... North Belgium, North Germany and Holland, bsky.app/profile/dyso... A May 2026 look at some cities bordering France/Belgium, for their urban comfort. 1) Lille: bsky.app/profile/dyso... 2) Arras: bsky.app/profile/dyso... 3) Kortrijk👇

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Happy 10 years of Brexit 💃💃💃

Superior Properties Calumet, MI

Mid morning at Piccadilly. 8 🚂 from platforms 13+14 6 of these delayed behind each other 5 🚂 from the remaining 12 platforms 5 🚂 cancelled Waiting for platforms 15+16.

Following recent visits to Paris bsky.app/profile/dyso... North Belgium, North Germany and Holland, bsky.app/profile/dyso... A May 2026 look at some cities bordering France/Belgium, for their urban comfort. 1) Lille: bsky.app/profile/dyso... 2) Arras 👇

As already warm cities become more and more vulnerable to extreme heat events, or just the “new normal” of hotter and hotter cities every day, here’s just one more reason why more street trees and other greenery are good for streets & cities. It’s just common sense, really. Cooler, cleaner, smarter.

Following recent visits to Paris bsky.app/profile/dyso... North Belgium, North Germany and Holland, bsky.app/profile/dyso... A May 2026 look at some cities bordering France/Belgium, for their urban comfort. 1) Lille.

"Green Building" Manchester. Always liked its quirkiness, whether it's green or not.

Glossop to Edale

I was also going to suggest cycling, in general! we cycle everywhere and with separate cycle paths it’s so much safer than in the UK.

A Hockney a day

Mechelen May 2026 (heatwave edition) post published on Beer Europe blog. Features: Makadam; Hanekeef; Vleeshalle; Gouden Vis; Kafee Zapoi; Het Anker Brasserie; Cafe Tilt; VerToi. A visit to Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium, is recommended. Cheers! #BSkyBeer beereurope.blogspot.com/2026/06/mech...

fairy tale castle with wall

Nothing happened in Tournai.

Nice thread from @loukellett.bsky.social below. I recently booked an apartment with Booking.com On check-in, neither building reception (it was a rambling serviced building) nor apartment owner said they were expecting me, and there was no water supply to kitchen and bathroom pending a plumber. 🧵

My first in a series of World Cup collages for @theguardian.com 👇 www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

I don't post much on here but today, I thought some dots needed joining. So, have a read of this, about the most powerful health, cost of living, growth and health intervention you've never heard of www.linkedin.com/pulse/most-p...