two postcards of urbanist insomnia

Sleepless urbanists toss and turn with nocturnal visions of strip malls, after hours, where cars seek community in the halogen glow.

evidence of a happiness city?

Several have written about building a city around happiness, and how to measure the cumulative “urban smile”.

Does the spontaneous expression below—an artistic grin—tell the story?

accepting the urban invitation

A gateway to the city emerges along a path of trees in twilight.

the angular convergence of an urban night: a postcard

In the angular city, water and light converge with the sky.

a placemaking question from the sky

Blog posts can be notorious both for novelty and content, and therefore downright experimental.

In that spirit, live at 35,000 feet, here is a question. Is the sky the place, or the high density, city-microcosm within the airplane cabin?

(Posted while airborne, January 3).