Month January 2010

Shipping container city in Mexico

Inhabitat This hip, colorfully painted shipping container city recently sprung up just outside of Mexico city. Created by a small community of businesses, the project features restaurants, gallery space, bars, funky stores and even living spaces constructed completely out of…

Prediction. Geithner and Bernanke are toast

Bernanke doesn’t have the votes to be reconfirmed and Geithner, having effectively being replaced by Volcker, is attacking Obama’s bank plan – something you’d hardly expect if he thought he’d be staying around.

The worst commute. The Hollywood freeway

As judged by The Daily Beast, after a rigorous investigation. There were some serious contenders, but as usual L.A. came out on top yet again. #1, Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles Weekly hours of bottleneck congestion: 686 Worst bottleneck: Southbound, Vermont…