Fun fact: I earned a minor in Public & Urban Affairs as an undergraduate student. It actually was my very first major (and after switching a few times, I did still graduate on time!). I thought the major itself was more about working with people as public constituents (a la political science) than it was about the built environment of a community and, in some ways, architecture.

So when I discovered this on the internet today, I was intrigued and the city planner in me was so surprised. Did you know that some cities have “fake” buildings as a facade to cover up functional stuff that might otherwise be unsightly?

 

Since I really enjoy traveling, but can’t necessarily be on the move all of the time, I’ll occasionally spend time on the web diving into fun and unique characteristics of other interesting cities I’ve been to or would like to go to. New York City is one that I’ve only been to handful of times. While I don’t have any true desire to explore it further, one of the coolest things about the city was their frequent use fake buildings to conceal features of their subway system. Check out the linked article to learn more via a great post from Web Urbanist.