I didn’t think urbanity was a real word, but it is. urbanity – noun. urban life. What I had in mind for this theme was anything that gave us a sense of life in an urban setting. What is the feel of an urban space? What is the experience?

For me, it’s often people, lots of them. Crowded sidewalks, busy streets. People, traffic, noise. You sense the cacophony all around you.

Hanoi, Vietnam

Budapest, Hungary

Tokyo, Japan

Florence, Italy

NYC

San Francisco, CA

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sometimes the streets are devoid of people, but the architecture let’s you know it’s a cityscape.

NYC

Ephesus, Turkey

Hanoi, Vietnam

The Modern, Ft. Worth, TX

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dallas, TX

Dallas, TX

Brooklyn Bridge, NYC

High Line, NYC

London

Zagreb, Croatia

Lisbon, Portugal

NYC

A lot happens on the sidewalks of a big city. People make the sidewalk an extension of their home. They jam for us, they eat, they just hang out. They’re not always coming and going. The camaraderie belies the anonymity of urban life.

Budapest, Hungary

Rome, Italy

Barcelona, Spain

Calafate, Argentina

NYC

NYC

Here are some of YOUR photos! I am delighted to include them. Thanks for sharing your view of “urbanity.” You’ve made our day a little more interesting.

Bruce Schlein

Elizabeth Greene – Fish Fry

Moses Hawkins – Florence

Audrey Greene

Robert Weitz – Chicago

Theme #3 is “Reflections.” Gather up those photos and send them to me as email attachments, smaller than 1MG, by November 21, 2016.