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Connecting city kids to the outdoors

From Children & Nature I was shocked at how much you could see the stars. I hadn’t realized how much you couldn’t see from the city but could see from there. It really took my breath away,” said 14-year-old Cinthya Costa as she described her first overnight trip in the Delaware Water Gap with Team Wilderness. Growing up, Aracelis Hannah and Cynthia Costa never went on hikes or slept outdoors surrounded by nature. It wasn’t until Hannah’s mother stumbled upon...

City of Glasgow praised for its urban heritage – “Gotham feeling”

Welcome to Batman’s Hometown. Wait, Is That Glasgow? GLASGOW—There is a dingy, narrow alleyway around the back of the Horseshoe Bar here that looks like a place where something unpleasant could happen. It is also one of the reasons Scotland’s biggest city has landed a recurring role as Batman’s hometown. With its mix of neoclassical archaeology and what are being described  as “crimy” back streets, location scouts have noted Glasgow similarities to Gotham City, hometown to The Batman. Notably, Glasgow...