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Notes on the cities of the selection — a street, a market, a building, a craft. The journal sells nothing. It looks at the places where the addresses stand.

Neighbourhood notebook7 August 2026

A morning around the 9th arrondissement

Example

The southern half of Paris's 9th arrondissement fits inside a short rectangle: place Saint-Georges to the north, the Grands Boulevards to the south. A morning walk, from sloping market streets to covered passages.

Zinc rooftops in a row, dormers and chimney stacks in winter light, Paris
Rooftops of the 9th arrondissement — ParisPhotograph Jean-François Gornet

Neighbourhood notebook24 July 2026

Barrio Amón on foot

Example

North of central San José, Barrio Amón lines up the houses built by coffee families between 1890 and 1930. The neighbourhood takes an hour to cross; it deserves a full morning.