SEEING THE CITY: 2025

This city is full of people daydreaming during their day jobs; a population all far from home wanting for more. Ironically, this is the...

Finding inspiration in small town Connecticut. Rows of residential neighborhoods and never ending streets of commercial plazas define the...

People see golden fields when they hear me say home. Cabins on Lake Superior. Rolling hills dotted with cows, the smell of them blowing...

When you think of DC you think of the federal government and the National Mall. The massive Washington Monument. The Smithsonian. The...

In the heart of China's eastern seaboard lies a city unlike any other, pulsating with energy, history, and innovation: Shanghai. My...

The Steel City, the City of Bridges, the City of Champions—these nicknames describe Pittsburgh’s storied history and distinctive urban...

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...

While it may not be deserving of its title as "the Greatest City in the World", New York is certainly endowed with something special....

I hail from a city with a distinct vernacular landscape. Metal cages adorn windows and the facade of buildings. Store signs and...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Tours, France. Without hesitation, I can say that it is my favorite city on the planet. A quaint little university town located in the...

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...

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...

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...

Language is such a powerful, perception-forming tool, and the language used to describe anything from people, events, and places in mass...

At first glance, Buffalo is a gray city with extreme snowstorms, a polluted waterfront, and racial segregation and violence. Although I...

Charlotte, NC is a city with so many recent entrants that a new term, the “Charlotte Unicorn,” has been coined to identify people who...