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Ready for the reawakening

Once a paradigm of urban turnaround, New York appears to be backsliding into crime and decay. We meet the residents determined to get their city back on track and unpack the numbers.

  • The Forecast #13
  • 18 min read
Aerial view of densely packed Manhattan skyscrapers and buildings stretching to the horizon.
Urbanism

Up in the air

Big-name architects are helping to transform Ecuador’s capital – but do its residents want the high life?

  • Issue #158
  • 12 min read
Up in the air
Urbanism

Best in town

From architects to street-lighting experts, these firms are keeping our cities liveable.

  • Issue #155
  • 11 min read
Yellow modernist kiosk with geometric design featuring a vendor inside and customer outside
Urbanism

Dreams take flight

The pilot and author on how he fulfilled his childhood ambitions and why he is fascinated by cities as well as the view from the sky.

  • Issue #155
  • 4 min read
Mark Vanhoenacker in British Airways pilot uniform adjusting his cap against a cloudy sky
Society

Cycle of life

We tour a bike repair workshop that is a cheery hub for cycling enthusiasts who aren’t afraid to get their hands a little dirty.

  • Issue #154
  • 7 min read
Rocco Guarna in an orange boiler suit working with soldering equipment in the workshop
Urbanism

Urbanism

Disney-branded towns and a posthumous Mies van der Rohe construction.

  • Issue #152
  • 4 min read
Modern glass and steel building with floor-to-ceiling windows illuminated at dusk surrounded by green lawn
Business

Business

Shopping in Seattle, a Kyiv street on the up and the app helping French healthcare to scrub up.

  • Issue #151
  • 5 min read
PCC Community Markets produce display with signage about partnering with Northwest farmers and offering free vegetables to children.
Affairs

World of difference

We scour the globe to source the brightest ideas and bravest moves going into 2022, from the UK’s new meteorological machine and Egypt’s medical resort to the Austrian townsfolk happy to be Fugging.

  • The Forecast #12
  • 20 min read
Woman in navy blazer standing on modern stone staircase in contemporary building interior.
Travel and restaurants

Small is beautiful

Size isn’t everything. Our third annual index of the most welcoming, vibrant small cities around the world presents the best compact urban environments that do it all, focusing on quality of life and opportunity.

  • The Forecast #12
  • 28 min read
Elevated view of Bolzano with Dolomite mountains, railway yard, and pastel-colored buildings below cable car lines.

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