The most important buildings were designed by engineers responding to a real estate crisis caused by a fire. Chicago did not choose to shape the world’s cities. It had no choice.

The slow travel movement makes an environmental claim that its own evidence does not fully support. The climate counts kilometers, not philosophies.

Route 66 was officially erased from the American highway system on June 27, 1985. In 2026, its centenary year, millions will drive it anyway