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September 16, 2025

Cities combine art, shade and education to help people beat the heat

  • As cities stay hotter for longer, cooling shade can be lifesaving.
    • By DORANY PINEDA
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Samantha Chow [enlarge]
    Arizona State University doctoral student Muhammad Abdullah sets up MaRTY, an instrument used to take measurements in direct sun and shade, at the Reflections on Sunnyslope shade structure in Phoenix.

    LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — When sculptor Bobby Zokaites moved to Phoenix in the summer of 2011, walking the half mile to classes at Arizona State University in triple-digit heat felt risky. He learned to find shade along his route — resting in a stoplight's sliver of it, dodging the sizzling sun at each opportunity.


     
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