A magazine of the ordinary city

Small places, shared routines, and the people who keep them going.

Eight stories from neighborhoods you might walk past every day. Read one on the bus, save a few for the weekend.

About City Journal

City Journal is a small, independent magazine about the everyday city: libraries after dark, market lunches, repair counters, long walks home. All stories, people, and places are fictional. Photographs, where used, are illustrative stock imagery, not documentation.