How Towns
Grow.
The field guide

The people behind the pictures

Places, photographed.

Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma

Photo by Jordan Michael Winn · Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary. Photographed 2014-08-03.

Broadway in downtown Paducah, Kentucky

Photo by Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary. Photographed 2013-04-13.

Downtown Sylvania, Ohio

Photo by Mosesintheflesh · Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary. Photographed 2019-04-03.

Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois

Photo by rboed · Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary. Photographed 2023-10-28.

Photos establish geographic context; they do not imply that the photographer endorses this publication or the programs discussed. The Paducah photo depicts Broadway downtown, rather than the LowerTown neighborhood. Generic playbook photos illustrate everyday local activity.