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SEEING THE CITY: 2024
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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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Finn Lynch
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Boston MA
Cities are the hearts of society, pumping energy and resources into our consumptive lifestyles. Although I have never directly lived in a...
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Reagan Patterson
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Atlanta: The City with a Little Bit of Everything
What is the greatest city in the world?! If you didn’t scream Atlanta at the screen, you must have not visited. Growing up in the suburbs...
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Zhenbang Xiong
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Decaying Center
My hometown Changzhou, a not very distant satellite city of Shanghai, was trying hard to study and copy Shanghai’s successful example but...
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Katelyn Alyssa Flaks
Feb 15, 20222 min read
The Greatest City in America
Throughout Baltimore city, you will see benches coining the city as “The Greatest City in America.” These benches came about from former...
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Fath'Ma
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Everything is so close in Goma
Born and raised in Goma, I was able to experience a city where everything seems close. It is easy to get groceries within a 10 minutes...
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act225
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Hong Kong: The Pearl of the Orient
The Lion's Pavilion, upon reaching The Peak. Hong Kong has long been known for defining rush hour, high density living in Asia. From a...
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Paloma La Valley
Feb 15, 20223 min read
Jamaica Isn't Just Beaches.
Jamaica isn't just beaches, sunshine, and Bob Marleys -- it is a former colonial state struggling to maintain itself. Here's why.
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Micah Chen
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Seeing Taipei as a Second-Generation Taiwanese from a Connecticut Suburb
While I did not grow up in Taipei, Taiwan, I visited the city for extended periods of time during summer breaks to visit extended family....
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Jessica Ritchie
Feb 15, 20222 min read
From a Rural Family Farm to the Capital of Spain
For 18 years, I lived on a small, family owned vegetable farm in a town that boasted it’s on-the-rise population of about 1,042 people....
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cz2671
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Everything is Bigger in Houston
Objectively, I'd say Houston is the most boring "big" city in Texas. To be honest, Austin is pretty cool. However, I'm so fond of Houston...
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Julian Cunningham
Feb 15, 20222 min read
The Subway: My Language of New York
Almost every day of my life, I have used the subway to commute across New York City. If I need to get anywhere, the subway is my ticket....
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Tianzhen Jia
Feb 14, 20222 min read
From concrete to flowers - Shenzhen
(When I was a kid, Shenzhen Central Park was a crowded place due to the lack of other public landscapes around.) (Construction sites...
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Jacob Rosewater
Feb 12, 20222 min read
An Ode to the Edge City
Despite living only half-an-hour from New York City, my experience with urban space has been defined not only by the bustle of Midtown...
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Arturo Escobar
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