: Books like Street of Eternal Happiness by Rob Schmitz focus on a single street in Shanghai to tell the history of a whole nation through the lives of its residents.

The movement has since spread globally, with individuals taking on their own cities:

: Tools like the "Write Up Your Street" map encourage writers to use a single street as a framing device for character sketches and short stories.

: Projects have been documented in cities like Mexico City , Santa Fe , and Hamburg , Germany.


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: Books like Street of Eternal Happiness by Rob Schmitz focus on a single street in Shanghai to tell the history of a whole nation through the lives of its residents.

The movement has since spread globally, with individuals taking on their own cities:

: Tools like the "Write Up Your Street" map encourage writers to use a single street as a framing device for character sketches and short stories.

: Projects have been documented in cities like Mexico City , Santa Fe , and Hamburg , Germany.