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SEEING THE CITY: 2024
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sk2466
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Jamaica, Queens Never Sleeps
169th Street in Jamaica holds a very special place in my heart for the simple fact that the general area surrounding it has just about...
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Jordi Prieto
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Experiencing the city through a piece of wood
Image of Chinatown arcade, 8 Mott St, New York To truly experience a city like New York, one must venture far past the imagery presented...
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wck492
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Life in the Nation's Capital
Washington DC is filled with history. There is no doubt about that. As a frequent location for school trips or family vacations, DC is...
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David Oluwole
Feb 17, 20222 min read
A City of Culture
I have lived in Chicago all of my life. Chicago is a city with an abundance of culture. Whether it’s the food, the art, or the music the...
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muhamadouj
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Their NYC vs my NYC
Their NYC vs my NYC NYC: Time Square. Flashing lights. Living a luxurious life. A bunch of people that are all rude and stuck up. A city...
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Ethan Ordower
Feb 17, 20222 min read
New York: A City of Communities
Whenever I visit a new town or city, I immediately begin to map out the streets and transit. I’ve always done this, ever since I was...
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Catherine Rodriguez
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Where My Parents Fell In Love
La Ciudad de Santiago de Los Caballeros, La República Dominicana. The city of Santiago is what I call home because of how in alignment I...
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Russell Kwong
Feb 17, 20222 min read
The Circulatory System of New York
Though I’ve lived in New York for my entire life, I’ve yet to see a Broadway show or watch the sunset on an observation deck a thousand...
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cll247
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Urbanism as Seen from a Scooter
Every weekend, my dad would take me and my two younger brothers to ride our scooters a few blocks away to the local park in which he’d...
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bhs87
Feb 16, 20222 min read
My Two Cities
I always think about the fact that when people ask me where I am from, I say Boston, but really, I’m from Cambridge. I have uniquely...
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Ivan Kwong
Feb 16, 20222 min read
6ix Steps from the 60s
Whenever I am asked to describe what Toronto feels like, I always respond as follows: it’s a big city without the big city feel. Toronto...
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Ana Carmona-Pereda
Feb 16, 20223 min read
Oh Bronx Melancholy
“Stay calm,” I told myself. I stood frozen with my three friends in the middle of the sidewalk. It was like any other regular day after...
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Rebecca Lee
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Marietta, a City of the Forest
Just thirty minutes north of the bustling of Atlanta sits the quaint suburb of Marietta. Everything here is within driving distance—I...
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Sakiel Ruff
Feb 16, 20222 min read
All the Things in New Orleans
A painting of the journey to Uptown New Orleans. (Terrance Osborn) I remember moving to New Orleans, Louisiana [NOLA] at six. My family...
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Reginald Bharath
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Not Quite Home
As a child, New York City was the place my parents would take me for pure pleasure and excitement. From Broadway to baseball games, New...
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mh989
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Taichung City: A Chessboard Network
Ironically, as a person who has not tried a single cigarette, my hometown shapes like a tobacco pipe. Taichung City, Taiwan, raised me...
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Sophie
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Pair of Shoes
I love walking. I also grew up in New York City. In order to love New York you gotta love walking. The first time I ever got freedom was...
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Parker Piccolo Hill
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Verplanck: Tumultuous Tides Alongside the Hudson River
It’s not a city. It’s not even a town. But the tiny hamlet of Verplanck seemed massive to me as a kid growing up in Westchester County,...
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Jacob Cardenas
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Newark "The Bricky City", New Jersey
Growing up in a suburban town two miles away from Newark, I’ve had my fair share of time in “The Brick City”. Newark is referred to as...
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Liam Anthony
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Perspectives from Portland
^ View of Portland from Pittock Mansion, Facing East Growing up in Portland, I don’t feel like I really started to develop a sense of...
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