urbanism

The National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier, New Zealand. Photo by Chris Zielecki, used under Creative Commons licensing.

Yosemite Falls. Photo by Terry Chay, used under Creative Commons licensing.

  Attractive pedestrian paths in Eola Heights, Salem, OR. Photo courtesy Nico Larco, Kristin Kelsey, and Amanda West.

In an ongoing series, Urbanism Without Effort author Chuck Wolfe argues the importance of the overlaps, overlays and convergence points that define city life, and emphasizes the importance of reading and interpreting their everyday expression. In the first five short articles in a ten-part series, Wolfe uses photographs of his native Seattle to illustrate points of context, focus and catalysts for today’s urban issues and debates, all summarized in the working term, "juxtapo