SEEING THE CITY: 2025

About halfway around the world, there is a city in the Northeast of Tanzania called Arusha. After spending 2 years there alone with no...

As someone who was born in Manhattan but spent the majority of their teenage years in Seoul, South Korea, I have always felt a distinct...

Philadelphia is a large city on the east coast of the United States that embodies American work and patriotism. Despite living about 30...

Since the age of 7, I've a seemingly natural connection with the transportation around me. Why specifically 7 years old? Take a trip down...

Every summer my family would visit my grandfather's farm out in the middle of nowhere, also known as South Dakota. But every time we...

Being from the greater New York City area is not necessarily a defining characteristic here at Cornell – yet there is much more to it. I...

The kids in school growing up would talk about the city with resentment from boredom. That may be a normal part of childhood development,...

For teenagers of the Northern Californian suburbs, the CalTrain was a life changing discovery. The hour and twenty minute ride to San...

Israel is a country with an extreme amount of conflict, but when you spend time in Tel Aviv it almost feels as if all of that disappears....

Kumasi is the beating center of Ghana's Ashanti region. Kumasi has become famous for its cultural diversity and commercial hub. Each...

To celebrate my grandparent's 45th anniversary, my family traveled to Italy. My grandparents wanted to return to their homeland to visit...

Palm trees Spectrum Center, Irvine, CA It is crazy how every time I mention this word, there is an instant connection pointing to...

As I drove along the highway on the outskirts of Doha, I noticed a huge billboard with a simple English message that stood out among the...

You want your Mamma Mia summer. It’s more convenient to stay on the mainland, so you take a commercial cruise along the southern coast....

Just like the rest of Westchester County dwellers, I have the tendency to frame my hometown by its distance from New York City. When I...

With both a mother and a grandmother from former Yugoslavia, the latter of which lives in Sarajevo, I have visited the city practically...

Socony-Mobil Building, East Midtown, Harrison & Abramovitz, 1956 Courtesy Ken Grant Growing up in a small suburb only twenty minutes away...

Mbarara is my hometown. I was born and raised in Mbarara until the age of 15 years. It is the second largest city in Uganda, after...

After a multi-hour delayed takeoff from New York City to London, sprinting with minutes to spare to the transfer bus in London that would...

Photo of Cumberland Park, near Broadway, taken by me in April 2018. This photo features the “Batman Building”: an AT&T office building...