There are many different kinds of houses, but when it comes to city living, row houses are a shining example of how creative and efficient design can make the most out of a minimal amount of space.

Where an empty sidewalk once was, a barbershop has emerged. The line grows four deep, the patrons whiling away the time with a dice game on the pavement. Not far away, a woman sells plastic cups of ...

In the mornings, just past 7:30, dozens of children on Skid Row start making their way to school in the June gray. For younger ones, the trip is somewhat easier. A yellow bus pulls up not far from ...

For a group of men in a Texas prison, the fantasy game became a lifeline — to their imaginations, and to one another. Tony Ford in the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, in ...