cities

Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

In Translation by Wiam El-Tamami, from the Latest Issue of "The Common"

 
By Mariam Itani  May 19, 2025
Cities

The Paradox of Prosperity: How Urban Renewal Pushes Workers to the Periphery

By Brian Goldstone  March 31, 2025
Cities

What Freedom and Play Can Teach Us About the Way We Experience Cities

By David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky  November 18, 2024
Community

A Fleeting Utopia: The Rise and Fall of the “Women’s Hotel” in American Cities

By Daniel M. Lavery  October 15, 2024
Cities

Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

By Alex Hannaford  October 1, 2024
Urbanism

City of One Million Trees: How New York Inspired Other Cities to Go Green

By Nadina Galle  June 21, 2024
Urbanism

How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin Cities

By Jake Berman  November 27, 2023
Cities

Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

By Des Fitzgerald  November 21, 2023
New York City

How One Man Walked 6,000 Miles Across America’s Largest Metropolis

By William B. Helmreich  August 11, 2023
Anniversaries

A Sunset Forever Spoiled: Remembering the Beirut Port Explosion, Three Years Later

By Tamara Saade  August 3, 2023
Keen On

Mark Vanhoenacker Writes a Love Letter From the Sky to the World’s Greatest Cities

By Keen On  June 13, 2023
Keen On

Reinier de Graaf on How Our Cities and Buildings Have Been Infected by Corporate “Wellness,” “Innovation,” and “Livability”

By Keen On  March 3, 2023
Keen On

A Revolutionary Red City? Justin Hollander Savors and Fears the First City on Mars

By Keen On  January 20, 2023
The Craft of Writing

History, Conflict, and Myth-Making in the Cityscape of Berlin

By Kirsty Bell  November 4, 2022
Politics

Neither Natural Nor Inevitable: How Language Masks Gentrification

By Leslie Kern  September 22, 2022
Cities

How Global Cities Can Best Adapt to the Coming Climate Crisis

By Gaia Vince  August 29, 2022
Cities

How Technology Can Both Improve and Degrade Our Urban Environment

By John Lorinc  August 24, 2022
The Craft of Writing

Dwyer Murphy on How to Write About a City

By Dwyer Murphy  August 5, 2022
Cities

We’re All Just Extras Here: Wandering the Back Streets of Old Hollywood

By David L. Ulin  January 26, 2022
Climate Crisis

The Migration Patterns of the Privileged: On 21st-Century Climate Gentrification

By Parag Khanna  October 12, 2021
Artists

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

By Eileen Myles  September 23, 2021
Memoir

Encountering Annie Ernaux’s Urban Landscapes and Scattered Selves

By Lauren Elkin  September 16, 2021
Cities

How the Oversimplified “Gentrification Narrative” Was Born

By Bo McMillan  July 29, 2021
The Craft of Writing

Eric Nguyen on How to Capture a Place in Writing

By Eric Nguyen  May 28, 2021
New York City

The Long Reinvention of the South Bronx

By Peter L'Official  August 3, 2020
What Comes Next

Bill McKibben: How to Fix Unemployment While Fighting the Climate Crisis

By Bill McKibben  May 28, 2020
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