Myles Zhang
Manhattan in Ten Days
Walking and painting in vibrant New York CityHere Grows New York
The first ever data visualization to show NYC's urban growth from 1609 to 2020Old Essex County Jail
An exhibit and case study about the social history of a nineteenth-century jailNewark Metamorphosis
Documenting changes to Newark's built environment through photographyAmiens Cathedral
A vision of Gothic architectureUrban history and built environment
Historical GIS
Visualizing urban history
Prison Design
The social history of prison
History of Technology
The technology behind buildings
The Built Environment
Selected essays
Myles studies the history and planning of cities. He has a keen interest in the urban and architectural history of the New York metropolitan region, as well as topics in urban history more broadly. He is interested in how politics, race, and culture are imprinted on the form of the built and urban environment. In some form or another, all of his work reflects Winston Churchill's observation that "we shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us."