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Italo Calvino, Le città invisibili (Invisible Cities) (1972)
A classic of imaginative literature doubles as a multifaceted consideration of urban existence
Feb 6
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Italo Calvino, Le città invisibili (Invisible Cities) (1972)
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January 2025
Ross Perlin, Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York (2024)
About 700 languages are spoken in New York, some of them at risk of extinction. How many can one linguist work to preserve?
Jan 22
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Ross Perlin, Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York (2024)
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Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City (2003)
To Western visitors, Istanbul is captivatingly exotic. Can a writer who's lived there all his life see it the same way?
Jan 7
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Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City (2003)
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October 2024
Alex Hannaford, Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City (2024)
How the Texas capital became too expensive, too ambitious, and too hot for its slackers
Oct 22, 2024
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Alex Hannaford, Lost in Austin: The Evolution of an American City (2024)
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September 2024
Steven Conn, Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century (2014)
Despite the United States' wealth and power, American cities lag far behind those of Europe and Asia. Is the country simply biased against urban life…
Sep 18, 2024
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Steven Conn, Americans Against the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century (2014)
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August 2024
Stewart Brand, How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built (1994)
The Whole Earth Catalog creator explains why buildings should grow like cities
Aug 19, 2024
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Stewart Brand, How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built (1994)
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July 2024
Tom Scocca, Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future (2011)
Long before publishing a celebrated piece on his health and professional crises this year, Tom Scocca was writing about China in the thick of the 2008…
Jul 8, 2024
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Tom Scocca, Beijing Welcomes You: Unveiling the Capital City of the Future (2011)
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June 2024
Jarrett Walker, Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (2024)
A veteran public-transit consultant explains everything you really need to know about designing urban bus and train networks
Jun 9, 2024
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Jarrett Walker, Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives (2024)
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May 2024
Carey McWilliams, Southern California: An Island on the Land (1946)
A Depression-forged muckraker investigates how Los Angeles and its region came to represent America in extremis
May 7, 2024
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Carey McWilliams, Southern California: An Island on the Land (1946)
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February 2024
Tim Cocks, Lagos: Supernatural City (2022)
Can a non-Nigerian, much less an Englishman, hope to understand the "impossibility-ism" of Africa's star megacity?
Feb 21, 2024
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Tim Cocks, Lagos: Supernatural City (2022)
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January 2024
Ray Oldenburg, The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community…
The sociologist who popularized the idea of the "third place" finds what's gone missing from American life
Jan 27, 2024
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Ray Oldenburg, The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community (1989)
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December 2023
Malcolm Harris, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World (2023)
Why a pricey suburban college town is the dark heart of the American empire
Dec 31, 2023
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Malcolm Harris, Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World (2023)
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