SEEING THE CITY: 2025

When I first arrived in Hong Kong at the age of six, Kowloon seemed like a completely different world. The constant noise, the crowds,...

Downtown Hartford Before and After Highway Construction `Despite only growing up about a 30-minute drive away from Hartford, I only...

Montreal has always fascinated me. My connection to the city comes from my father who was born and raised there before moving to New York...

My relationship with Baltimore first started in the car in 2020. Before that, the city was a foreign place to me. It was a concrete...

The famous skyline, Times Square's neon lights, the city's unrelenting vitality, and the countless food and cultural options are all...

From sunlight streaming through drooping, wind-blown branches of the hundred-year-old willow in our neighborhood park to neon lettering...

When people ask me where I’m from, I make it a point to emphasize that I do not live in Chicago, but 25 minutes north of it.  I was born...

It’s hard to think of a good reason one would be a tourist in Novovolynsk. This remote town in the West of Ukraine can be new only to...

At the age of 12, I began to take the train which would shape my relationship with the city in ways I never expected. My mother could no...

Every New Yorker who’s been living there their whole life has felt the desire to leave at least once. I’ve felt it countless times. It’s...

“Shanghai Wukang Mansion, three portraits, ten yuan! Not happy, no problem! Retake until you like it!” Photographers weave through the...

Everybody knows that attending a Red Sox game – sitting in the stadium bleachers, ordering a few too many Fenway Franks, and rooting for...

On an average stroll through the bustling downtown of Lisbon or nearby Cascais, you will likely hear about four out of ten conversations...

The capital city of Washington, D.C. was meticulously planned from the start. In 1791, Pierre L’Enfant envisioned a grand city inspired...

Boston: A public melting pot of intellectuality  To this day, I can vividly remember the initial shock I felt holding my grandmother’s...

I was born, raised, and spent most of my life in Orlando. As much as I (somewhat vocally) criticize my home state of Florida, and...

On a warm day in late May, I wandered around the Times Square subway station complex, lost but trying very hard to appear not to be. As I...

a general lagos traffic scene When I think of the words of motion, movement and activity the first city that usually comes to mind is...

After one hour of hiking up Komaki Mountain, I felt like my host family and I had traveled through multiple worlds. Starting off in the...

Riga, Capital of Latvia I probably butchered the grammar in that title, but despite my limited knowledge of the language, being...