Literary Hub » cities

Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

Friedrich Engels Predicted Modern Gentrification 150 Years Ago

P.E. Moskowitz Wonders What Makes a City “Valuable”?

By P.E. Moskowitz | September 9, 2025

A City of Dreams and Dreamers: Ella Berman on Writing About Los Angeles

A City of Dreams and Dreamers: Ella Berman on Writing About Los Angeles

“There is no doubt that if anyone is capable of rebuilding and renewing, it is Los Angeles.”

By Ella Berman | August 7, 2025

Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

Amman Compendium: Mariam Itani on Beirut, Home, and the Paradox of Living in Jordan

In Translation by Wiam El-Tamami, from the Latest Issue of "The Common"

By Mariam Itani | May 19, 2025

The Paradox of Prosperity: How Urban Renewal Pushes Workers to the Periphery

The Paradox of Prosperity: How Urban Renewal Pushes Workers to the Periphery

Brian Goldstone Explores the Evolving Face of Homelessness in American Cities

By Brian Goldstone | March 31, 2025

What Freedom and Play Can Teach Us About the Way We Experience Cities

What Freedom and Play Can Teach Us About the Way We Experience Cities

David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky Consider Our Use and Misuse of Urban Space

By David Graeber and Nika Dubrovsky | November 18, 2024

A Fleeting Utopia: The Rise and Fall of the “Women’s Hotel” in American Cities

A Fleeting Utopia: The Rise and Fall of the “Women’s Hotel” in American Cities

Daniel M. Lavery Looks Back on the Lost Phenomenon of a Unique Communal Living Arrangement

By Daniel M. Lavery | October 15, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Weird No More: On Loving and Leaving Austin, Texas

By Alex Hannaford | October 1, 2024

City of One Million Trees: How New York Inspired Other Cities to Go Green

By Nadina Galle | June 21, 2024

How a Lawyer, a Businessman, and the Mafia Destroyed Public Transit in the Twin Cities

By Jake Berman | November 27, 2023

Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

Why Are We So Obsessed with Making Cities Greener?

Des Fitzgerald Wonders What "Nature" Actually Is

By Des Fitzgerald | November 21, 2023

How One Man Walked 6,000 Miles Across America's Largest Metropolis

How One Man Walked 6,000 Miles Across America's Largest Metropolis

William B. Helmreich Explores the Dynamic, Sleepless Multicultural Tapestry of New York City

By William B. Helmreich | August 11, 2023

A Sunset Forever Spoiled: Remembering the Beirut Port Explosion, Three Years Later

A Sunset Forever Spoiled: Remembering the Beirut Port Explosion, Three Years Later

Tamara Saade on What Was Lost in Lebanon on August 4, 2020

By Tamara Saade | August 3, 2023

Mark Vanhoenacker Writes a Love Letter From the Sky to the World’s Greatest Cities

Mark Vanhoenacker Writes a Love Letter From the Sky to the World’s Greatest Cities

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 13, 2023

Reinier de Graaf on How Our Cities and Buildings Have Been Infected by Corporate “Wellness,” “Innovation,” and “Livability”

Reinier de Graaf on How Our Cities and Buildings Have Been Infected by Corporate “Wellness,” “Innovation,” and “Livability”

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | March 3, 2023

A Revolutionary Red City? Justin Hollander Savors and Fears the First City on Mars

A Revolutionary Red City? Justin Hollander Savors and Fears the First City on Mars

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 20, 2023

History, Conflict, and Myth-Making in the Cityscape of Berlin

History, Conflict, and Myth-Making in the Cityscape of Berlin

Kirsty Bell's View from Her Window

By Kirsty Bell | November 4, 2022

Page 1 of 3