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The city that works while the city sleeps

September 18, 2026 · 7 pieces

Issue 04

We spent this issue awake at hours most of our readers aren't. A bakery at three, a subway tunnel at two, a diner that never locks its door. The people in these pages keep a version of the city running that the rest of us only pass through on the way to somewhere else. We came away thinking the night shift is not a lesser version of the day, just a different one, with its own rules.

Feature (1)

  1. 01Bread Before DawnMarguerite Oyelaran

Report (2)

  1. 02Track TimeTomás Berlanga
  2. 04Empty TowersRowan Aldiss and Samuel Okeke

Interview (2)

  1. 03The Diner at 3 A.M.Junko Maruyama
  2. 07Tower at MidnightSamuel Okeke

Essay (1)

  1. 05Why We Can't SleepInès Haddad

Dispatch (1)

  1. 06Press RunPriya Raghunathan