Through homemade maps, CityLab readers share perspectives and stories from a world transformed by the coronavirus pandemic.

What will the future of cities look like? As we emerge from coronavirus lockdown, our use of parks, stores, restaurants, transit and streets is already changing.

But roughly half of cities analyzed by CityLab actually increased spending or kept it flat as a percentage of their discretionary spending in 2021.

A data analysis of Minneapolis police activity shows a change in behavior in the months since the killing of George Floyd.

With millions homebound, 2020 turned out to be a big year for all kinds of games. Here are some of our favorites. 

The ironclad homes of Iceland's capital city may be unorthodox, but the innovative buildings have kept residents warm and dry for more than century.

Recent actions to expand federal authority on monuments and gun violence provide the backdrop for Trump’s planned deployment of federal agents. 

New billboard artwork across Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, is seeking to promote diversity and inclusion in an aging county that’s 95% white. 

The still-raging pandemic means social activities will stay outdoors as the temperature plummets. Here’s what experts say about the art of keeping warm. 

Turn-of-the-century faith in ventilation to combat disease pushed engineers to design steam heating systems that still overheat apartments today. 

Calls to defund the police have sparked interest in city budgets. Here’s an illustrated guide to what you should know. 

The pandemic will likely accelerate the pull of the suburbs for families while pushing young people and businesses into more affordable urban areas.