Myles Zhang

Manhattan in Ten Days

Walking and painting in vibrant New York City

Here Grows New York

The first ever data visualization to show NYC's urban growth from 1609 to 2020

Old Essex County Jail

An exhibit and case study about the social history of a nineteenth-century jail

Newark Metamorphosis

Documenting changes to Newark's built environment through photography

Amiens Cathedral

A vision of Gothic architecture

Urban history and built environment

Historical GIS

Historical GIS

Visualizing urban history
Prison Design

Prison Design

The social history of prison
History of Technology

History of Technology

The technology behind buildings
The Built Environment

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."