"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder and all, but when it comes to cities, pretty much everyone can ...

A 19th century movement known as City Beautiful has had a lasting influence on Brooklyn and continues to shape the borough. The story of the effort to beautify the Brooklyn streetscape starts with ...

Perhaps, like me, you caught the recent news reports announcing a fresh branding slogan for greater Orlando. It’s “Unbelievably Real.” It’s part of a $28.5 million marketing campaign launched by Visit ...

What makes a city beautiful, livable, walkable, and simply a desirable place to call home? And on the other side, what mistakes can destroy a city’s appeal to residents, visitors, and investors? For ...

IN his new book, "The City Beautiful and Globalization of Urban Planning" (Cambridge University Press, January 2025), Ian Morley subverts the Anglo-American-centered narrative of global urban planning ...

The only thing worse than boring everyone with the pictures of your vacation is droning on and on about all the wise conclusions you drew from 72 hours in another city. It takes years to understand a ...

Why did they name our town Orlando instead of Jernigan? And who are the three men named Henry who helped shape the City Beautiful? Those hometown historical curiosities and many more are addressed in ...

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