Do You Recognize This City?
7 out of 12 was my score for this quiz from Budget Travel identifying city skylines from around the world. I was surprised by what I learned.
The City We Create
I’m catching up on my New York Times reading tonight. And this editorial caught my attention. It captures something of the nature of cities: “Everywhere there are people saying goodbye. Couples parting at street corners and brownstone steps, a man helping a woman into a cab and watching as it pulls away, a flock of … Read more
Tokyo: One Story
As I write it is just past 9:00 PM, Sunday night in Tokyo. Tokyo is yet the largest city in the world with 35 to 39 million living in its metropolitan area. It’s my birthplace and the place my mother’s family lived through war. Friday I listened to the first reports of the earthquake and tsunami in … Read more
Surprise: Chicago Population Loses Big
Last week the Chicago Tribune reported this, here it is in the Wall Street Journal. WSJ puts it this way: Chicago has less people today than in 1920. I don’t recall the Tribune pointing this out. As one who calls Chicago home, and loves the city, it seems ominous that its population loss bears some resemblance to what … Read more
Triumph of the City
Check out this book review of Edward Glaeser’s Triumph of the City in the New York Times. Glaeser states that “cities magnify humanity’s strengths”.
