Museums Lift the World 2019
A slew of new museums, expansions, survivals, and preservation projects — more than we could imagine a few decades ago– continues to lift the cultural world, especially in cities that […]
Category Archives: Europe
Cities 2019: New York, Paris, Singapore, China, Spain, Kabul
New York City’s got big plans that will irritate commuters (and tourists) but just may improve traffic, congestion and pollution, with plans to adopt congestion pricing for cars and trucks. […]
Coming Up: Cities Update
Cities are hot, hot, hot– bursting with burgeoning populations, demands on resources, climate change proposals and new ideas. Today, the world’s urban population is 4.2 billion. The United Nations estimates that […]
Just Released World Happiness Report 2019
If you want to live in the happiest countries in the world, be prepared for colder weather, winter sports, and higher taxes that provide a social safety net for native-born […]
Books Spring 2019
The Spring 2019 books we are recommending ask us — what is real, what is imagined, what is knowable? Is our own experience shared by others, or does it only […]
Coming Soon! Books Spring 2019
Start the spring with a time-traveling array of books on real crises and imagined places, beloved cities, art and design, and what the future may hold for the planet. Among […]
Museums: New, edgy, tech savvy
The arts thrive on change – even when it comes to museums and archives where preserving the rare, the beautiful and meaningful is a mission and way of life. New […]
Museums: Summer 2018
Museums are among the most beloved and trusted places worldwide, and frequently on everyone’s travel itinerary. And they are everywhere – cities, islands, deserts, the ocean’s edge. Museums are booming. […]
Philadelphia Greens Itself: Vibrant Public Space
Parks are blooming all over Philadelphia, but one, in particular, has travelers, tourists, and residents rejoicing: The Rail Park –one of the next generation of greenways popping up around the […]
French Bakeries: Heading for Extinction?
Imaginez! Some 1200 boulangeries close down every year in France — leaving small towns, city neighborhoods and millions of tourists without their daily baguettes. Even so, 12 million people daily […]
