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Budapest – Parsing Through A Tale of Two Cities

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Leica in Porto – A View from the Iberian Flagship Store and Gallery

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Genoa Untold, Part 1 – Reflections on Collective Indifference to History

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Genoa Untold, Part 2 – On the Built Environment and Architecture

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Antwerp Reflections, Part 1 – On the Dimension of Time

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The Inimitable Hospitality of Zurs, Austria

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Avenida dos Aliados, the Eye Candy of Porto or a Living Room With No Furniture?

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Munich, Part 1 – A Bipolar Mosaic, of Delusions of Grandeur and Provincial Obstinacy

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Munich, Part 2 – Life Imitates Art (and Commerce)

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Munich, Part 3 – The OG of Art Cities, the Athens on the Isar

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Munich, Part 4 – The Fine Things Beyond the Arts and Shopping

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Munich, Part 5 – A Bird’s-Eye View of the Handcrafted Built Environment

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Munich, Part 6 – Taking a Walk through Space and Time, at Ground Level

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Munich, Part 7 – This City is Where Italy Starts – Or Does It? Rethinking the Patronage

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Munich, Part 8 – Would a Comparison with Vienna Be Too Harsh and Unfair?

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Vienna Ringstrasse: One Snob’s Reflections

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Vienna – Reflecting on First Impressions

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Vienna and its Legacy – On Tensions and Contradictions

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Vienna – The Spirit of Place

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Central Portugal – My Quick & Dirty Cliff Notes, Uncut