Under the title "Little Big City" – a nickname for the city of Frankfurt am Main where I have lived for 40 years – the Frankfurter Rundschau has published a series of small texts on phenomena of urbanity.
Links to the single essays:
Little Big City (1): Everyday Life
Publication date: 29.11.2002
Little Big City (2): Traffic
Publication date: 18.12.2002
Little Big City (3): The Bridge
Publication date: 28.12.2002
Little Big City (4): The Advertising Pillar
Publication date: 04.01.2003
Little Big City (5): The Pissoir
Publication date: 08.01.2003
Little Big City (6): The Zoo
Publication date: 11.01.2003
Little Big City (7): The Queue
Publication date: 15.01.2003
Little Big City (8): Frankfurt Air, Air, Air
Publication date: 18.02.2003
Little Big City (9): Dog Life in Frankfurt
Publication date: 25.02.2003
Little Big City (10): What Frankfurt men have on their heads these days
Publication date: 05.03.2003
Little Big City (11): Monuments
Publication date: 17.03.2003
Little Big City (12): The Department Store
Publication date: 09.04.2003
Little Big City (13): The World seen from the Café Table
Publication date: 19.04.2003
Little Big City (14): High-speed Elevators
Publication date: 07.05.2003
Little Big City (15): Garbage
Publication date: 21.05.2003
Little Big City (16): Express Courier Services
Publication date: 12.06.2003
Little Big City (17): Underground
Publication date: 04.07.2003
Little Big City (18): Portiers, Doormen, Swiss
Publication date: 04.07.2003
Little Big City (19): Pledge
Publication date: 27.08.2003
Little Big City (20): Beggars in the City
Publication date: 25.09.2003