A colourful new container taqueria is importing more than Mexican beers to the historic U Street Corridor in Washington DC. Run by brothers Eric and Ian Hilton, El Rey is bringing the neighbourhood back to life. Fondly referred to as Black Broadway, the popular U...
On the suburban outskirts of London, in a leafy township called Eltham, a new shipping container gallery has sprung up at the local school. Crafted from four adjoining recycled shipping containers, SE9 Container Gallery showcases a range of rotating exhibitions,...
What do you do when your city is chequered with unused public spaces and littered with shipping container graveyards? In a word: Boombox. In 2013, the City of Chicago mapped out a plan to revive 600,000 square feet of public space by revamping 49 underutilised nooks,...
Bubbling over with creativity and artisanal entrepreneurial activity, Brooklyn has long been New York City’s leading hipster hub. This tradition continues with the recent arrival of The Lot Radio in an abandoned triangular lot in Greenpoint, at the edge of...
What would you say if we told you that roasting coffee could lead to better educational opportunities for thousands of disadvantaged children? Leading the charge of a new wave of social entrepreneurs, Roast Re:public is doing just that. Founded in 2013 by Jaco de...
Far from London’s trendy Southbank, in the heart of Mexico, there’s a place called Oaxaca. The streets there are busy with wheeling and dealing, and the walls are brandished with colourful murals that speak loudly to the history and politics of the region. The name of...
