Two poets capture the essence of world cities at dusk.
“On a city walk, I saw our limits, and our dreams.” Warren Clements, Melbourne, 2009
“In a city that works, we can always be children.” Luc Gaudet, Paris, 1997
myurbanist
Urbanism evolving, with law in mind
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urbanists at work 
crosscut.com: chuck wolfe- From 1911, the Bogue Plan speaks
- Waiting, statue-like, for the next count
- 'Wrong on metaphysics, wrong for America'
- The tunnel and the 'Westneat dilemma'
- Learning from Detroit, the City of Ruin
- Walkable cities? So how come pedestrian malls usually fail?
- Will a new mayor think boldly about planning?
- The legal issues in 'backyard cottages'
- seattlepi.com: chuck wolfe
- February 4 in Seattle. A tale of two cities?
- What is sustainable? Just ask Facebook
- Getting there: Baby steps towards a transit utopia?
- Photoessay: Place or node?
- News from the park and rides, and the dawn of the node wars
- Photoessay: What are the costs of winter urbanism?
- Video essay: Is there more to evening urbanism than Snowflake Lane?
- Street scene complexities: "what was and what will be"
- The quotation for Copenhagen: "What is the use of a [fine] house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"
- Photoessay: Which street scene are you?
- Reconciling urban snow, one year later--learning from Jerusalem?
- Photoessay: Can we get there from here?
- In a city that works, we can always be children...
- Urban lifestyle on election day: is he still dreaming of Denver?
- A final term Mayor's new zoning and the road ahead--in Miami, not Seattle!
- great city
- hugeasscity
- This Is Only A Test
- Hugeasscity Has Sold Out To THE MAN
- The Coolest Park & Ride Ever
- Parking Policy Pickle
- “When I have nothing to say….”
- File Under Portland Envy
- Prospects for Affordable Housing in Seattle
- “That mature attitude seems to have largely vanished.”
- Don’t Worry, It’s Probably Nothing
- Time Passages (They Grow Up So Fast)
- planetizen
- The Mormon Church Backs Mixed-Use Project rbregoff
- Decay in Suburbia Tim Halbur
- How Bill's Hotel Room Saved Some Trees Tim Halbur
- Initiative Underway To Suspend California's Global Warming Act Irvin Dawid
- NYC's "Bus of the Future" Debuts On Bronx BRT Route Irvin Dawid
- Resort Planned in Russian Nature Preserve Nate Berg
- Saving Money By Converting Asphalt to Gravel Nate Berg
- The Poverty Beneath the Rings Nate Berg
- Policy Confusion Over Food Trucks Nate Berg
- L.A. to Extend Light Rail Nate Berg
- HUD Hearts Portland Tim Halbur
- Fighting Obesity With Traffic Calming Tim Halbur
- Fighting Obesity With Design Tim Halbur
- Brooklyn Public Housing Planned for Renovation Instead Faces Demolition RachelWToo
- A Garden in Motor City Tim Halbur
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I’ve personally always enjoyed Tennyson’s “The city is built to music, therefore never built at all, and therefore built forever.”