Welcome to Urbanscape Photos
This site has two goals:
To provide high-quality images of urban architecture from 20+ U.S. cities, and to explore the color, history, diversity, ambition, creativity, delicate details, and bold strokes that make city architecture so endlessly fascinating.
Whether you’re working on a report, article, book, or website—or simply want a framed print for your wall—I’ve got you covered. My collection includes over 20,000 high-resolution photos from cities including New York (my home base), Albany, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Cambridge, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Hartford, Hoboken, Jersey City, Las Vegas, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Syracuse, Stamford, Trenton, and Washington D.C.
To begin, select a city from the Cities menu. Search by address or building name. When you find what you need, just click PRINT or LICENSE.
If you’re here to explore, welcome! Under the Explore menu, you’ll find curated tours of neighborhoods, styles, and architects. Alongside the photos, I’ve added stories, stats, sources, and links wherever I could.
Like the cities themselves, this site is always under construction. I hope these pages inspire you to discover a new place—or see a familiar one with fresh eyes.
About the photographer, Kenneth Grant
I love cities.* Urbanscape.Photos is a personal project. When I left my day job in 2011, I took a literal walk down memory lane—revisiting the neighborhoods where I’d lived, worked, and played from childhood to retirement. Along the way, I rediscovered my boyhood fascination with buildings and construction. This time, I had a camera.
This is a personal, not academic, collection. Many of these buildings are ordinary. But in each one, I found something worth capturing—brickwork, symmetry, detail, decoration, or history.
People often ask if they can use my photos. I’m flattered—and grateful they ask. Many are now available as prints, posters, or cards via PRINT links on the site. For digital image licensing—for publications, websites, or reports—use the LICENSE link at the bottom of any page.
* I love cities. If you hear laughter, that’s my sister. “Very good, Ken,” she says. “The first step is admitting you have a problem.”
She lives in a log cabin in the woods near Lake Erie, where she can’t see or hear her neighbors—never mind traffic. I love her anyway.