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Artist and Yale architecture student takes model trains where they don’t often go: the wrong side of the tracks.

Hat tip: Coudal Partners

You could always try sex on a bridge.

Head over here to see some PG-13 closeups. Zoom in a little closer, and you’ll see this idiotic couple actually brought rum and Coke to the party. And it looks like they drank significant amounts of it.

Ah, well. Looks like they had fun. Here’s hoping they don’t reproduce.

Enjoy a really cool digital animation exploring the design and setting of an architectural treasure.

Alas, it’s not what you think. The New York Times has discovered Houston’s downtown network of tunnels. They think it’s neato.

Other cities, notably Montreal, Toronto and Minneapolis, are renowned for their extensive tunnel and skyway networks. But Houston may be alone in the extent and nature of its pedestrian circulation system of tunnels and skywalks that become particularly popular on days like Aug. 12, 13 and 14 when temperatures hit 102 and 101, or last Thursday, when Tropical Storm Erin flooded many streets.

It was not centrally planned; it just grew, inspired by Rockefeller Center in New York. But it is not connected to a transit network. And, befitting Texans’ distrust of government, most of it is private; each segment is controlled by the individual building owner who deigns to allow the public access during business hours — and then locks the doors on nights and weekends. Some parts, like those belonging to the former Enron buildings now leased by Chevron, are closed to outsiders altogether.