The City Where Dreams Go to Die
This city is full of people daydreaming during their day jobs; a population all far from home wanting for more. Ironically, this is the...
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SEEING THE CITY: 2024
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Joy Gong
Feb 172 min read
Frolicking in the Fields of Rocky Hill
Finding inspiration in small town Connecticut. Rows of residential neighborhoods and never ending streets of commercial plazas define the...
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Aislyn Berg
Feb 163 min read
Urban Core(nfield)
People see golden fields when they hear me say home. Cabins on Lake Superior. Rolling hills dotted with cows, the smell of them blowing...
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Kazim Hall
Feb 153 min read
Seeing DC Through the Metro
When you think of DC you think of the federal government and the National Mall. The massive Washington Monument. The Smithsonian. The...
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jwh326
Feb 153 min read
Shanghai, my own version of The Great Gatsby
In the heart of China's eastern seaboard lies a city unlike any other, pulsating with energy, history, and innovation: Shanghai. My...
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Vivian Bui
Feb 153 min read
Pittsburgh Pride: A Personal Then VS Now
The Steel City, the City of Bridges, the City of Champions—these nicknames describe Pittsburgh’s storied history and distinctive urban...
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Kritika Oli
Feb 153 min read
Back to My Roots: A Decade Later - Rediscovering Home
In 2009 my mother, sister, and I left our home in the city of Kathmandu, Nepal to chase the “American Dream” in the States as so many...
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Isabel Breslin
Feb 153 min read
A city so nice, they named it twice
While it may not be deserving of its title as "the Greatest City in the World", New York is certainly endowed with something special....
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Kerrianne Chiu
Feb 153 min read
Metal cages, store signs, neon lights, and power lines
I hail from a city with a distinct vernacular landscape. Metal cages adorn windows and the facade of buildings. Store signs and...
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Jeremy Banda
Feb 152 min read
The New Yorker from Jersey
For all of my life, north Jersey has been my home, specifically Union City. It’s the same place where I took my first steps, learned how...
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andrewsbartnik
Feb 153 min read
Enamored with the City of Love
Known as the city of love, Paris is a city that captured my heart forever. The city is cleverly laid out in a beautiful and functioning...
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Oliver Saul
Feb 152 min read
Sacramento: "The City Of Trees"
Sactown is a uniquely diverse place that has an identity all its own. From the people to the climate and geographic location of the city...
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Ken Saito
Feb 153 min read
I Visited Singapore for the First Time Twice
A tourist's impression of Singapore might be the Marina Bay Sands, Sentosa, or Merlion Park. For a time, this was how I viewed Singapore....
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Arjun Dhawan
Feb 153 min read
A Student's Paradise: Tours, France
Tours, France. Without hesitation, I can say that it is my favorite city on the planet. A quaint little university town located in the...
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Lily Relleke
Feb 153 min read
The Middle of Nowhere, at the Center of Everything: Observations from the Urban Periphery
Technically, I don’t live in any city. My address (a farm in southern Illinois) falls in the periphery between several small towns in the...
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Christy Law
Feb 153 min read
Hong Kong: A Tapestry of Resilience and Belonging
As I traverse the bustling streets of Hong Kong, I am enveloped in a cacophony of sounds, sights, and smells that evoke a sense of both...
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Hayden Krushel
Feb 153 min read
The Rest of New York City
Living in New York City for the last eight years, I've taken pride in the city's urban form. I love being outdoors in any part of the...
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Michael Phillips
Feb 152 min read
My Beloved Hidden Gem: Detroit's Avenue of Fashion Community
Language is such a powerful, perception-forming tool, and the language used to describe anything from people, events, and places in mass...
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Victoria Ziccardi
Feb 153 min read
Buffalo: The City of Good Neighbors
At first glance, Buffalo is a gray city with extreme snowstorms, a polluted waterfront, and racial segregation and violence. Although I...
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Marshall Broadfoot
Feb 153 min read
(Charlotte) Unicorns do Exist
Charlotte, NC is a city with so many recent entrants that a new term, the “Charlotte Unicorn,” has been coined to identify people who...
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"Every vision of what life is constructs a world."
Arturo Escobar
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