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WELCOME TO URBANICITY
SENSING URBANITY
LISTENING FOR WORDS
VIEWING IMAGES OF MYSTERY
LOVING MUSIC
READING FOR LIVING
CELEBRATING THE MIND
TRAVELING TO EXPLORE
SEARCHING THE FUTURE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE

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 e-zine for city lovers 

Devoted to urbanites with vast curiosity and mindfulness.

News of the arts, sciences, music, language, travel, trends -- and more. There are no ads or pop-ups, so relax and enjoy. Welcome.

 

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Featured:  Mobile Intelligence, Right-Brainers, Big-Ag Nitrogen, Food Banks, "The Dinner Party," Sonny Rollins, Movie Trailers, Four Freedoms Park, and Superb links.

 
Editor: Loraine Costa

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Raison d’être:  Urbanicity is an attitude. It's about caring, connecting, and contributing to our civic well-being. It's about citizenry at the most basic unit of a neighborhood--and synthesizing all things global.

Cities are the incubators that shape our sensibilities, and, in turn, thrive on the human capital of our skills, vitality, knowledge, and imagination. They exist by and for us.

Self-proclaimed urbanites share a mindset: they are informed, concerned, and vigilant to subversions in the natural and built environment and threats to social equity.

Helen Keller once said "the most pitiable people are those who have sight but no vision." Agreed. Urbanites look beyond the 'is' to the 'ought' to improve the dynamics and liveability of their cities.

Most Americans live in metropolitan areas but don't enjoy the pleasures of urban life. Let's ramp up our expectations and live in the cities we want and deserve.

                                                                                       

Reality check:
 
The golden rule meets the global challenge-- resulting in international economic imbalances, hardening chasms in American society, and deadly struggles abroad against dictatorships. Millions of bloggers protest injustices and yearn for enlightenment. We join their impatience and outrage.
 
Yet we step from the fray to contemplate the strength of human spirit: personal, civic, and global. A transforming compassion can sustain a viable world. It's daunting to find calm in turmoil, but let's try. Amid the discord, we admire courage, curiosity, and talent. That's what this site is all about. We try to offer a bit of serenity to unclog minds and sense the beauty of our journey. Welcome.
 
 

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Sections & Topics:

Sensing Urbanity
City Life, Public Spaces, Transit, Architecture.
Listening
for Words
Language, Writing,
Wordplay, Theater.
Viewing Images
of Mystery
Visual Arts, Design,
Photography, Cinema.
Loving Music
Musicians, Composers, Concerts, Venues.
 
Reading
for Living
Books, Internet, Media, Information, Publishing.
 
Celebrating the Mind
Neuroscience, Knowledge, Human Potential.
Traveling
to Explore
Urban Journeys, Learning, Itineraries.
Searching the Future
Society, Technology, Ecology, Sustainability.

Making a Difference
 

Human Rights, Peace, Justice, Equality.

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Photos:
 
9/11 Memorial Park waterfall in August 2012-- one of two pools placed at the footprints of the destroyed World Trade Center buildings, New York City.
 
Place de la Concorde, Paris

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Sensing Urbanity

Listening for Words

Viewing Images of Mystery

Loving Music

Reading for Living

Celebrating the Mind

Traveling to Explore

Searching the Future

Making a Difference

Superb links

Remain curious.