EditorialPeking. c.1800. This manuscript map of Peking appears to be based on a detailed survey carried out during the 18th century under the Ch'ing emperor Ch'ien-lung (r.1736-1796). The Imperial palace (the Forbidden City), is shown in the centre of the inner...
EditorialOld Vennel, off High Street, Glasgow, 1868. Ghostly moving figures populate Scottish photographer Thomas Annan's study of Old Vennel, off High Street, Glasgow. Annan was commissioned by The City Improvement Trust to document the inner-city slums which ...
EditorialWhile Vienna was divided into four occupation zones, the inner city changed hands monthly between the four Allies. Changing of the Guards from Soviet to US soldiers in front of Vienna's Ministry of Justice. Vienna, 1953.
EditorialPetra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk-and spice trade across the deserts. A votive block in the Siq, the narrow gorge which leads to the inner city of Petra.