Whenever I travel, I try to make mental observations about the development of other cities and towns that might be interesting or relevant to readers here in Philadelphia. Usually these observations ...

MANAGUA — Most people will advise you, on touching down in Managua, to rent a car and drive as fast out of the Nicaraguan capital as you can. The city is a sprawl of low-rise, indistinct buildings ...

Residents of Managua, Nicaragua, have a unique system for finding their way around. They don't use street names or addresses, or even geographic conventions like North or South. The haphazard city ...