• Revisiting, reviewing and restoring the city
    Feb 27 2025

    We look back at snapshots of our cities as we speak to the man behind Milan’s Bosco Verticale a decade on from construction, revisit a collection of essays 14 years after they were written while strolling the streets of Toronto and see how the refurbishment of a traditional house in Old Delhi is giving a view into the city’s past.

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    30 mins
  • Tall Stories 447: Kennedy Park, Lima
    Feb 24 2025

    Elna Schutz takes us to a park in Lima best known for its large number of well-cared-for resident cats.

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    6 mins
  • Tall Stories 250: UN headquarters, New York
    Mar 29 2021
    Christopher Cermak charts his journey from model UN to reporting on the real thing and explains what the organisation’s New York HQ means to the city. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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    6 mins
  • Digital democracy and the new Riyadh Metro
    Feb 20 2025

    We explore how going digital can contribute to a thriving city democracy and improve other things such as climate resilience and urban loneliness. The CEO of digital community-engagement platform Go Vocal describes its benefit for communities, the developer behind Europe’s most digitally connected neighbourhood tells us how they did it and we stop by the new Riyadh Metro.

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    30 mins
  • Tall Stories 446: Villa Rezek, Vienna
    Feb 17 2025

    Alexei Korolyov tells us about the refurbishment of one of Vienna’s most important modernist buildings.

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    9 mins
  • Developing London
    Feb 13 2025

    We take a look at three developments in the UK capital that will be worth a visit in the months to come. From a revitalised piece of industrial history to a colourful waterside park in a grey business district and the big tenants pitching up beside Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

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    31 mins
  • Tall Stories 445: Maha Kumbh Mela, Prayagraj
    Feb 10 2025

    Geetanjali Krishna takes us to a temporary city on the banks of the Ganges river to investigate a large example of temporary urbanism brought about by a Hindu pilgrimage.

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    7 mins
  • Cultural city planning
    Feb 6 2025

    We explore how keeping culture in mind when planning our cities can have effects beyond just arts-related improvements. The people behind ‘The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning’ tell us more. Plus: we visit a treasured museum in Lima and look ahead to some cultural institutions that are set to open in 2025.

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    30 mins