Américas, July ’04

I traveled several times to Brazil during the early 2000s and made good friends in Sâo Paulo. I became fascinated with Brazil’s great industrial powerhouse. I had never before seen a city so immense, so vast and densely spread out like a human hive. In 2004 the city celebrated its 450th anniversary, so I wrote a short blurb about that for Américas magazine. Later, after another trip, I wrote a feature article about Sâo Paulo. Finally in 2004 I went for four months, on a US State Dept. fellowship that supported my work for the regional planning agency Emplasa.

Urban Land Europe, Fall/Winter ’02

I visited Milan in early 2002 and, aided by friendly interpreter Chiara Pelizzoni, undertook to learn about the city’s place in Lombardia, its role in the North Italian and European economy and its gradual transformation. What little I could learn in a single trip is told in my story here.