Musk’s sci-fi city sparks backlash in Texas, a $5 million Brooklyn townhouse becomes a protest piece, micro-units promise connection for lonely Gen Zers, and more.
- Victory Cruise Lines just announced a series of voyages offering excursions to iconic Frank Lloyd Wright sites in Chicago, Detroit, and beyond. Is this the dream sail architecture lovers have been waiting for? (Travel + Leisure)
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Elon Musk’s rocket compound in Texas, called Starbase, just became an incorporated city after it was voted in with 97 percent support; its population is mostly employed by SpaceX. But what feels like like a sci-fi frontier to space fans isn’t being viewed quite as favorably by other locals. (The Guardian)
A bust of Elon Musk that was recently vandalized is seen near the SpaceX projects in Brownsville, Texas, on May 3, 2025.
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- San Francisco recently turned the Great Highway, a two-mile stretch at its western edge, into Sunset Dunes, the state’s largest pedestrian project. It has since sparked joy for joggers, surfers, and hammock-loungers, but fury from some drivers who have been forced to reroute. Here’s how the new park has ignited a fight over who really owns the road. (The New York Times)
- A $5 million townhouse built on spec in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill has become a lightning rod for the neighborhood after a mystery person slapped it with a mock museum plaque that turned it into an exhibit critiquing the city’s housing crisis. (The New York Times)
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Gen Z’s loneliness epidemic isn’t just emotional, it’s architectural. As U.S. cities revive the once-outlawed micro-unit, these compact homes, with affordable prices and communal spaces, might be the blueprint for connection in a generation starved of it. (Dwell)
Top image courtesy of Victory Cruise Lines
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