SEEING THE CITY: 2025

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,...

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...

^ 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...

Cities are the hearts of society, pumping energy and resources into our consumptive lifestyles. Although I have never directly lived in a...

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...

My hometown Changzhou, a not very distant satellite city of Shanghai, was trying hard to study and copy Shanghai’s successful example but...

Throughout Baltimore city, you will see benches coining the city as “The Greatest City in America.” These benches came about from former...

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...

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...

Jamaica isn't just beaches, sunshine, and Bob Marleys -- it is a former colonial state struggling to maintain itself. Here's why.

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....

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....

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...

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....

(When I was a kid, Shenzhen Central Park was a crowded place due to the lack of other public landscapes around.) (Construction sites...

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...