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In conjunction with Scientific American ’s special September 2011 issue on cities, we present an archival look back at the documented growth of urban environments. [More]

Everywhere i look are the skeletal steel beams of new skyscrapers rising in a Dr. Seussian jumble of shapes. Everywhere I go is the sound of hammering, the tang of asphalt, the sight of construction workers masked against choking dust and intimidating heat--peaking at 116 degrees Fahrenheit during my visit