📣 New #OpenAccess article
🪙 Bas Spliet, 'Canal palaces and damp basements: capitalism, housing inequality and living standards in early modern Amsterdam'
@urbanhistory.bsky.social
@urbanhistory.bsky.social📣 New #OpenAccess article
🪙 Bas Spliet, 'Canal palaces and damp basements: capitalism, housing inequality and living standards in early modern Amsterdam'
@urbanhistory.bsky.social📣 New #OpenAccess article
🏘️ @klalexcheung.bsky.social, 'Chinese villagers at the colonial urban periphery: improvement schemes, landed property and indigeneity in Hong Kong, c. 1890s-1930s'
@urbanhistory.bsky.social🚨 New #OpenAccess article
🚽 Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro, Luciano Maffi and Omar Mazzotti, 'Privatizing excrement: the management of organic waste and the cesspit companies in the late nineteenth-century Italian cities'
@pinedaalejandro.bsky.socialI was really looking forward to this one! "Reimagining Tokyo through Black Markets" by Professor Ishigure. While the text is in Japanese, the photographs and maps are superb. They transport the reader into the daily life of post-war Tokyo. Very recommended! 📖
#weeklyreading #tokyo #urbanhistory
@pinedaalejandro.bsky.social石榑督和先生の『闇市と東京』を購入いたしました。緻密で引き込まれる内容に加え、豊富な写真や地図が戦後東京の日常へと誘い、都市を形作ったダイナミズムを解き明かしてくれます。おすすめの一冊です！📖
#weeklyreading #tokyo #urbanhistory
@historyachannel.bsky.socialOpening in 1948, the Prudential Building on Wilshire signaled a transition in LA architecture. Moving from Art Deco to a sleek, Late Moderne style, it became a defining anchor of the Miracle Mile. #UrbanHistory #LAArchitecture
@historyachannel.bsky.socialThe Manhattan Bridge opened on Dec 31, 1909, linking Brooklyn to NYC with its iconic suspension design. While it brought modern engineering, its Beaux-Arts details—like the Manhattan entrance arch—remain a classic piece of city beauty. #UrbanHistory #NYC
@eleonormarcus.bsky.socialNew book: City, Frontier and Empire: A Spatial History of British Assam, 1826-1946 by Evy Mehzabeen
#urbanhistory #southasia #borderlands
@joshuakl.bsky.socialInterview with one of the incredible librarians at NYPL, talking New York 1860, forthcoming at @columbiaup.bsky.social
#ny1860 #urbanhistory
@historyachannel.bsky.socialThe 1904 Baltimore Fire devastated the city center, leading to major updates in building codes. While the street grid remained largely unchanged, new requirements mandated fire-resistant brick and stone construction, forever altering the city's skyline. #UrbanHistory
@historyachannel.bsky.socialThe Thames Tunnel opened in 1843, marking a triumph of engineering. Brunel’s shield proved that tunneling through soft clay was possible, overcoming the treacherous riverbed between Wapping and Rotherhithe despite multiple catastrophic floods. #UrbanHistory
@brepols.netPeter Clark, editor of 'Small Towns and Cities in World History', had the honour of presenting his book at the 17th Conference of the European Association for #Urban #History ( #EAUH2026 ) in Barcelona last week!
About this book: bit.ly/3VhWG8D
@andyinfrance2.bsky.socialThe Boiler House Chimney, Hanover Square, Hull, 1916* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/09/05/t... #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #OldBuildings #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture
@brepols.netMake sure to browse our titles on #UrbanHistory when attending the 17th Conference of the European Association for #UrbanHistory in Barcelona.
A selection of our newest titles in the field is available at the conference bookshop 'La Capell'!