From racial capitalism and fire ecology to urban nightscapes, our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, has the low down of our most-read articles pubished in January 2026.

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#envhist #cdnhist #urbanhistory @urbanhistorya.bsky.social #fire

John Whitaker Ltd, Crown Dry Dock, Tower Street, Hull, Mid 20th Century Premises of John H. Whitaker (Holdings) Ltd., Crown Dry Dock, an internationally renowned fuel transportation company, operating a fleet of inland barges and sea-going tankers in UK and European wa…

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📣 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView

🎭 Anthony J. Steinhoff, 'The urbanization of Parsifal: opera and urban culture in German-speaking Europe, c. 1876–1932'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

The Real Story Behind Cabrini-Green

#CabriniGreen #TrueStory #ChicagoHistory #RealLife #UrbanHistory #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #Documentary #HiddenTruth

Urban Nightscapes and the Anthropocene Pritchard argues that nightscape is both a useful and important analytic category for environmental as well as urban historians.

4) "Urban Nightscapes and the Anthropocene" by @sarabpritchard.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/01/26/u...

#envhist #urbanhistory @urbanhistorya.bsky.social

Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss Volunteering revealed urban conservation’s failures as Saskatoon Grasslands lost biodiversity, accountability, and fescue prairie, prompting calls for memorialization and justice.

3) "Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss" by Carmen Gilmore - niche-canada.org/2026/01/15/r...

#yxe #urbanhistory #envhist @urbanhistorya.bsky.social

Our most-read articles published in January!

Links in the thread below.

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Città più grandi, cucine più piccole La Siedlung Hellerhof, uno degli insediamenti della Neue Frankfurt. Che ruolo hanno avuto le progettiste donne nella costruzione della città contemporanea? Di seguito…

Che ruolo hanno avuto le progettiste donne nella costruzione della città contemporanea? Nella newsletter di questa settimana riprendiamo un tema al quale stiamo dedicando una serie di articoli
#urbanhistory #urbanplanning
#LotteStamBeese

“Filth, Squalid Misery, and Seemingly Drunken Debauchery”: Energy Relief in Toronto’s House of Industry Records In 1860s Toronto, poor relief depended on moral judgment, reinforcing elite control, stigmatizing poverty, and linking aid to behaviour and labour.

New Comment: "Very interesting perspetive on the House of Industry. I was unfamiliar with the term 'urban metabolism' until today. Good luck with the Assembling a City project." - kdmorris

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#cdnhist #envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory

Beyond Progress. Substations, Informality, and Environmental Changes Using electric company archives, Yohad Zacarias shows how Santiago’s substations reshaped peripheral landscapes, urban growth, and unequal access to electricity.

This conversation will be based on @yzacarias.bsky.social NiCHE & @urbanhistorya.bsky.social article, "Beyond Progress. Substations, Informality, and Environmental Changes" - niche-canada.org/2026/01/22/b...

#envhist #urbanhistory #energyhistory

Miri Rubin in Antwerp on Medieval Cities

This afternoon at 16:00: Prof Miri Rubin (@qmul.bsky.social), Raymond Van Uytven Chair in #urbanhistory 2026, will deliver a public lecture at the @uantwerpen.be, co-hosted by @urbanhistoryua.bsky.social and the Institute for Jewish Studies. All welcome!

From the era of the Underground Railroad to the challenges of urban renewal, BLACKS IN NIAGARA FALLS uncovers the powerful and often overlooked history of Black life in Niagara Falls.

#NCBS #ReadUP tinyurl.com/8zk7vvr2

#BlackHistory #AfricanAmericanStudies #UrbanHistory #BlackStudies

S.Y. Agnon, Rabbi Kook, and the First Cinema:
48 Plots to became the "Little Paris" of the Yishuv
3 min read, here: www.facebook.com/share/p/18WA...
And also here: www.nirtopper.com/post/neve-tz...

#nir_topper #history #society #israel #travel #culture #UrbanHistory #jewishhistory #CulturalHeritage

Now Available from the UPK! No Ordinary Landmark by Louis Hull Hoffer tells the dramatic, little-known story of how New Yorkers saved Grand Central Terminal, and changed American law forever: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640997/

#UrbanHistory #LandmarkLaw #GrandCentral #upkansas

Explore NYC’s iconic foods as cultural history—pizza, dumplings, bagels, halal carts, and more. Taught by award-winning writer Varud Gupta.

RSVP: https://bit.ly/48ukp8B

#FoodStudies #NYC #UrbanHistory #CulturalIdentity

The New Trinity Club, 261 Southcoates Lane, Hull, unknown* The New Trinity Club on Southcoates Lane in Hull is a modest community building whose recorded history is limited, though it has operated under this name since at least the start of the 1960s when …

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📣 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView

🔬 Susan E. Whyman, 'Edmund Rack: master of knowledge, scientific societies and social networks in eighteenth-century Bath'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

Alleyways: The Age-Old Wisdom of Town Planning - Core Kyoto | NHK WORLD-JAPAN Kyoto has about 13,000 alleys with a total distance of 940km, and an increasing number of their houses are unoccupied. People are working on projects and tours to preserve and revitalize these areas.

Spent 4 years in #Kyoto & loved the architecture & atmosphere of its backstreets & alleyways: www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... #Japan #urbanhistory #townplanning #akiya

Masonry galore outside Dublin. It’s like a walking through history. 2019 this was taken. #ireland #photography #travel #galway #tourism #urbanhistory

A small eighteenth‑century stone inspection chamber of the Medici Aqueduct stands in front of modern apartment buildings. The photo is taken through an out‑of‑focus metal fence, with an overgrown path leading to the structure.

Eighteenth‑century inspection chamber of the Medici Aqueduct in Paris. A quiet trace of the old water route running beneath the modern city.
More History: jardin.senat.fr/en/history-h...

#Paris #UrbanHistory #Architecture #StreetPhotography #Classicmono #Monochrome #Photo

Architecture Tallinn

A Soviet-era building
solid, functional, uncompromising.
Concrete shaped by ideology, now part of the city’s layered history.

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#Architecture #Tallinn #SovietEra #UrbanHistory #lassetur

Every time a headquarters moves, the panic starts.

But Oklahoma City has never been a one-company town.

Kerr-McGee. Halliburton. Sinclair. Chesapeake.

Companies leave. Cities stay.

Link in thread.

#OklahomaCity #OklahomaHistory #UrbanHistory #EconomicHistory #EnergyIndustry #RootsAndMainStreet

Surrounded by Amsterdam’s industrial harbour, Ruigoord was taken over by artists and became a lasting cultural haven. This map shows its evolution from 1982 to today: tinyurl.com/3a8n8j6b

#Ruigoord #Amsterdam #UrbanHistory #PortOfAmsterdam #ThenAndNow #Maps #TimeLapse

Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss Volunteering revealed urban conservation’s failures as Saskatoon Grasslands lost biodiversity, accountability, and fescue prairie, prompting calls for memorialization and justice.

This conversation was based on Gilmore's article, "Remnant: Urban Prairie Teaches Lessons in Loss," for our Urban and Environmental Dialogues series with @urbanhistorya.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2026/01/15/r...

#envhist #yxe #urbanhistory #sask #treatysix

Warehouses, Chocolate Factory Studios, 330-338 Wincolmlee, Hull 1890-1900* The former warehouse at 330–338 Wincolmlee in Hull, now The Chocolate Factory Studios, combines a tangible industrial past with layers of local folklore. Legend suggests that accused witches were o…

Warehouses, Chocolate Factory Studios, 330-338 Wincolmlee, Hull 1890-1900* hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/3... #Hull #UKTravel #Yorkshire #VisitHull #ExploreHull #UrbanHistory #HiddenEngland #HistoricHull #HullHistory #YorkshireHistory #YorkshireTravel #EastYorkshire #UKArchitecture

Former Jewish Centre and current Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, 2A Parkfield Drive, Hull, possibly 1927 The building at 2A Parkfield Drive appears to have originated as a semi-detached property dating from the late 1920s, with plots advertised for sale in 1927 at the corner of Anlaby Road and Parkfie…

Former Jewish Centre and current Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, 2A Parkfield Drive, Hull, possibly 1927 hullarchiteecture.wordpress.com/2026/02/21/f... #Hull #gurdwara #Yorkshire #VisitHull #ExploreHull #BritishArchitecture #sikh #UrbanHistory #jewishhull #HistoricHull #HullHistory #jewishhistory

Feeding, Fuelling, and Building the Foundations of Toronto: Sources for Exploring Historic Urban Metabolism Using harbour ledgers, the "Assembling a City" project reconstructs Toronto’s nineteenth-century urban metabolism, tracing fruit, coal, and stone flows linking city and hinterlands.

"The city’s form and function emerged from both the internal dynamics and feedback loops of its population, businesses, and industries, and their reliance on resource hinterlands..." - Andrew Watson

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#envhist #cdnhist #urbanhistory #toronto

St John’s Parish Church, Newland, Clough Road, Hull, 1833 St John’s Parish Church, Newland, Hull, was consecrated on 23 September 1833. It was built by Avison Terry, a prominent evangelical layman and twice mayor of Hull, who funded the project through pu…

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29-37 Beverley Road, Hull, Date Unknown* The row is a three-storey red-brick structure with a symmetrical façade and traditional detailing. Each floor features large rectangular sash windows and decorative stone lintels, adding rhythm and…

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Early Victorian house, York Terrace, 55 Beverley Road, Hull, 1820 The house at 55 Beverley Road dates from circa 1820, and forms part of York Terrace, which in turn forms part of Beverley Road. It is a much-altered Regency-era terrace of two-storey, two-bay house…

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