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The Best City Blogs

Around the World

Guardian compiles an interactive guide for the best city blogs around the world.

Paddy Allen and Luke Hoyland, The best city blogs around the world theguardian.com, Monday 7 April 2014

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/interactive/2014/jan/27/best-city-blogs-interactive

To get a better view of what's really happening across the world, we're getting to know the local urban voices who cover their home cities most insightfully. Here is the initial list.

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 General Sites

1/14

Wide Urban World：

"Wide Urban World" is a blog about cities as viewed from a broad historical and comparative perspective, created by archaeologist Michael E. Smith. As Winston Churchill said, "The farther back we look, the farther ahead we can see."

http://wideurbanworld.blogspot.jp/

2/14

Thinking City：

Thinking City discusses the urban experience, sharing thinking on cities & promoting more inclusive urban environments

http://thinkingcity.org/

3/14

Where the Sidewalk Starts：

Where the Sidewalk Starts is a blog about walkability, pedestrian policy, and making the world a better place for people who travel on foot. 

http://www.wherethesidewalkstarts.com/

4/14

Urbanophile：

Urbanophile is created by Aaron M. Renn, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and an opinion-leading urban analyst, writer, and speaker on a mission to help America’s cities thrive and find sustainable success in the 21st century.

http://www.urbanophile.com/

5/14

Arcade Africa：

Arcade Africa looks at the history and current state of African mega-cities, particularly Lagos, Nigeria. He seeks to understand the political and social forces that explain how these cities expanded historically, how they have accommodated (or excluded–and at what cost) those who live on the margins economically and spatially, and how to create more inclusive African urban spaces. 

http://markduerksen.com/arcade-africa-blog/

6/14

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space：

This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.jp/

7/14

Failed Architecture：

Researching urban failure

Failed Architecture (FA) is a research platform that aims to open up new perspectives on urban failure – from what it’s perceived to be, what’s actually happening and how it’s represented to the public. 

http://www.failedarchitecture.com/

8/14

Polis：

http://www.thepolisblog.org/

9/14

Mesh Cities：

Our mission is to help designers and civic leaders build the cities of tomorrow, today.

http://meshcities.com/

10/14

Knit the City：

Knit the City: your friendly neighborhood graffiti knitting art collective

http://knitthecity.com/

11/14

Urban Photo：

Urbanphoto is a blog about cities, people and place. 

http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/

12/14

Asian Urban Epicenters：

http://www.asianurbanepicenters.com/

13/14

OST Architektur：

OST Architektur shows outstanding architecture in eastern and central europe. The main focus is on the post-war socialist architecture.

http://www.ostarchitektur.com/architektur.html

14/14

Smell and the City：

This blog has been developed with a specific focus upon relationships between smell and the city, and is updated by myself, Victoria Henshaw from the University of Sheffield, and author of the book ‘Urban Smellscapes’.

https://smellandthecity.wordpress.com/

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 Local sites by regions& cities

Africa

Accra

African Urbanism

http://africanurbanism.net/

Addis Ababa

Complexia

https://complexiablog.wordpress.com/

Cairo

Cairo from Below

http://cairofrombelow.org/

Cairo Observer

http://cairobserver.com/

Cape Town

Cities for People

http://www.andrewboraine.com/

Future Capetown

http://futurecapetown.com/

Johannesburg

Urban Joburg

http://www.urbanjoburg.com/

Lagos

Snap it Oga!

http://www.snapitoga.com/

Monrovia

Moved to Monrovia

http://www.movedtomonrovia.blogspot.co.uk/

Nairobi

Nairobi Studio

http://nairobistudio.blogspot.co.uk/

Rabat

CityX

http://myh-atelier6.blogspot.co.uk/

Tunis

Eileen Byrne

http://eileenbyrne.tumblr.com/

Asia

Chennai

Talking Trash Chennai

http://talkingtrashchennai.tumblr.com/

Urban Design Collective

https://urbandesigncollective.wordpress.com/

Delhi

Incremental Cities

https://incrementalcity.wordpress.com/

Dharavi/Mombai

Dharavi Bienniele

https://dharavibiennale.wordpress.com/

Dubai

Dubaization:reflections on middle eastern urbanism, inspired by Dubai

http://dubaization.com/

UAE Liveable Cities

https://urbnfabric.wordpress.com/

Hanoi

Urbia: Urban Research Blog by Julia Suh

http://juliasuh.com/

Jakarta

Indonesia’s Urban Studies

http://indonesiaurbanstudies.blogspot.jp/

Kuala Lumpur

Better Cities KL

http://www.betterciti.es/blog/

Lahore

Odysseus Lahori

http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.co.uk/

Manilla

Distinguished and Ever Loyal

http://andrecity.tumblr.com/

Mumbai

Airoots: on adventitious roots, urban forests & villages, natural cities, lost tribes, new nomads and everything in between

http://www.airoots.org/

Taj Mahal Foxtrot: the story of Bombay’s Jazz Age

http://www.tajmahalfoxtrot.com/

Phnom Penh

City of Water

https://cityofwater.wordpress.com/

Seoul

Seoul Sub→Urban

http://seoulsuburban.com/

Shanghai

Shanghai Street Stories

http://shanghaistreetstories.com/

Moving Cities

http://movingcities.org/

Shanghai Flaneur

http://www.shanghai-flaneur.com/

Tehran

The Tehran Times

http://thetehrantimes.com/

Europe

Amsterdam

Exploring and Observing Cities

http://exploring-and-observing-cities.org/

Athens

City of Errors

http://cityoferrors.com/

Belgrade

Centre For Architecture in Belgrade

http://www.cab.rs/en/blog

Beirut

Beirut Green Project

http://beirutgreenproject.wordpress.com/

Berlin

Abandoned Berlin

http://www.abandonedberlin.com/

Bristol

Bristol Culture

http://www.bristol-culture.com/

Brussels

The City Geek

http://thecitygeek.tumblr.com/

Cardiff

We Are Cardiff

http://wearecardiff.co.uk/

Copenhagen

Cities for People

http://gehlcitiesforpeople.dk/

Copenhagenize

http://www.copenhagenize.com/

Edinburgh

Geoff Manaugh: BLDGBLOG

Helsinki

Urban Finland

http://urbanfinland.com/

Lewism

http://www.lewism.org/

Istanbul

Reclaim Istanbul

http://reclaimistanbul.com/

Lisbon

Transicoes urbanas

http://transicoesurbanas.stress.fm/

London

The Gentle Author:Spitalfields Life

http://spitalfieldslife.com/

Love London Council Housing

http://www.lovelondoncouncilhousing.com/

Lyon

Urban Bricolage

http://urbanbricolage.tumblr.com/

Moscow

9 and Vodka

http://9andvodka.com/

Paris

Stephanekirkland

http://stephanekirkland.com/

Rome

Sustainable Rome

http://sustainablerome.wordpress.com/

Stockholm

Slow travel Stockholm

http://www.slowtravelstockholm.com/

North& South America

Bogota

Mike’s Bogota Blog

http://www.mikesbogotablog.blogspot.co.uk/

Boston

Bostonography

http://bostonography.com/

Buenos Aires

AfterLife: Documenting Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires since 2007

http://www.recoletacemetery.com/

Chicago

Chicago Urbanist

http://chicagourbanist.blogspot.jp/

The Corner Side Yard

http://cornersideyard.blogspot.co.uk/

Cincinnati

UrbanCincy

http://www.urbancincy.com/

Dallas

Car Free in Big D

http://www.carfreeinbigd.com/

Detroit

Positive Detroit

http://www.positivedetroit.net/

Los Angeles

A Walker in LA

http://www.awalkerinla.com/

Mexico City

Mostly Mexico City

http://davidlida.com/

New Orleans

Notes on New Orleans

http://www.notesonneworleans.net/

New York

Humans of New York

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/

BLDGBLOG: A Burglar’s Guide to the City

http://www.bldgblog.com/

Pittsburgh

Burgh Diaspora

http://burghdiaspora.blogspot.jp/

Port-au-Prince

Rashmee Roshan Lall

http://www.rashmee.com/blog/

San Paulo

Old Sao Paulo

http://oldsaopaulo.tumblr.com/

St Louis

Urban Review STL

http://www.urbanreviewstl.com/

Toronto

What is Toronto?

http://www.whatistoronto.ca/

Architect This City

http://brandondonnelly.com/

Vancouver

This City Life

http://thiscitylife.tumblr.com/

The Happy City

http://thehappycity.com/

Washington

Greater Greater Washington

http://greatergreaterwashington.org/

Oceania

Adelaide

Thoughtfactory

http://adelaide-book.posthaven.com/

Christchurch

Bebuilding Christchurch

rebuildingchristchurch.wordpress.com

Melbourne

Urban Melbourne

https://urban.melbourne/

Perth

Great About Perth

http://greataboutperth.com/

Sydney

Transport Sydney

transportsydney.wordpress.com

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