Top 10 Public Libraries of the New Age
As a child in school, I had a real passion for reading. Once I started a book, you couldn't pry it out of my hands if you tried; I would spend countle...
As a child in school, I had a real passion for reading. Once I started a book, you couldn't pry it out of my hands if you tried; I would spend countle...
Posted 12.03.2011
From National Geographic: It's the tide of urbanization that has spread around the world. In the developed countries and Latin America it has nearl...
Michael Tong | Posted 09.28.2011
When people move to San Francisco, I often hear a lot of disappointment in their tone. This was, in fact, my own impression of the city when I first moved here two years ago from Washington, DC.
Jeff A. Katz | Posted 09.14.2011
"A college campus is habitat of abundance and access, with a fluid and fairly ruthless vetting apparatus. A city also has abundance and access, especi...
Bant Breen | Posted 09.05.2011
While I like city living, the challenges of urban family life weaken my resolve. City living may be better in many respects, but does it offer better value for money?
Katherine Dunn | Posted 11.17.2011
Many things collide daily here -- animals, art, business, life, death, family -- but I've learned the trick is to approach this chaos as a treasure hunt.
Posted 05.25.2011
It's safe to say that most, if not all, of us at some point have locked ourselves out of our apartment, house, dorm, or room. It's never a good feelin...
Laura Munson | Posted 11.17.2011
When you travel across the country city-to-city, in my case on a recent book tour, you notice trends. Menus boasting beet/goat cheese/ citrus salad f...
Amelia Fleetwood | Posted 05.25.2011
For all the farmy fantasies one cooks up, the truth is, nothing beats funny friends in loud cafes, good art shows, beautiful people to look at, fabulous dinners, pavements and parks.
Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011
The city-as-monoculture can only continue with surveillance, stop-and-frisks, eminent domain, developer tax windfalls and all the illegal activity brazenly called Progress and New York Greatness.
Planet Green | Posted 05.25.2011
The "Earthbox" is a stylish, sustainable way to pot plants in the big, bad city....
Samuel J. Palmisano | Posted 05.25.2011
The world's cities are the proverbial melting pot -- not only for immigrants, but for systems, blending them together to engender new forms of commerce, of culture, of science, of life and of society.
timesonline.co.uk | Laurel Ives | Posted 11.17.2011
Overcrowding affects us all. Whether it's the trauma of the daily commute on trains and tubes, getting stuck in a Bank Holiday traffic jam, the long w...
Adel Zakout | Posted 04.23.2012