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The North American continent appears to be entering a twilight of cities past anything Jane Jacobs could have foreseen. I don't see any reason to think that Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Memphis, New Orleans...

How much of a city’s mystique is based on the perception of danger? To what extent is the modern city the modern city because it is Gotham City? Obviously it seems lunacy to romanticize street crime (and worse) yet it appears that a large part of urban glamor is predicated on the notion of...

I have a question from a New York contact working on a possible exhibition/article on Tiffany glass in the Great Lakes area who has been looking for Toronto examples (if extant). Anyone know of any? It's not my taste, so I have never paid much attention to work of that style in Toronto...

Why not? If we're going to do this nonsense, we might as well choose a city with a somewhat similar urban fabric.

I went to Providence RI for a business conference and to visit a client afterward. I did not, for reasons unclear, remember or even think to take a camera as I had no knowledge of the place and was unsure how long I'd be staying (wound up staying an extra day). I apologize for this oversight...

A general observation. It is my opinion that Toronto architecture punches far above its weight: is, in fact, probably the greatest urban ensemble in North America. It is also my opinion that most people, including Toronto natives, are either unaware of this or dismissive of the fact in the...

Can anyone recommend a good place for a light dinner in downtown for a visitor from New York? I'd like to be able to point him somewhere Toronto-style that's chic without being too pricy.

Typical. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Manor__La_Ronda__Was_Wrecked_Philadelphia.html