CHAPTER · 04

The Cities

Three rooms I keep walking back into.

CITY · 40.7128° N

New York

74.0060° W · UTC−5
Steam#B8B5AE
Taxi#E8B520
Brick#973528

Where I love, and where I always go back. The city that taught me to think fast and walk faster.

  • 01The METart · Midtown
  • 02High Linewalk · Chelsea
  • 03The 5th Avenuewalk · Upper East Side
  • 04MoMAart · Upper East Side
CITY · 43.7696° N

Florence

11.2558° E · UTC+1
Cream#E8D9B8
Roof#B85432
Arno#6E8068

Where I dreamt to go when I was a kid. Where I stayed in a pouring rain for half an hour to admire the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.

  • 01Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fioreart · Architecture
  • 02Uffizi Galleryart · Renaissance
  • 03Galileo Galilei's Housescience · History
  • 04Piazzale Michelangelowalk · Sunset
CITY · 39.9042° N

Beijing

116.4074° E · UTC+8
Vermilion#C1272D
Imperial#E8B520
Jade#6E8068

Where history and technology press against each other — grey hutong walls, gold palace roofs, and glass towers that never sleep.

  • 01The Forbidden Cityart · Dongcheng
  • 02Temple of Heavenwalk · Dongcheng
  • 03798 Art Districtart · Chaoyang
  • 04Summer Palacewalk · Haidian