the city of cats

The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city. Few cats recall the time when there was no distinction: the streets and squares of men were also streets and squares of cats, and the lawns, courtyards, balconies, and fountains: you lived in a broad and various space. But for several generations now domestic felines have been prisoners of an uninhabitable city... the cat of a recent litter seeks in vain the itinerary of its fathers...
- Italo Calvino, Marcovaldo or The Seasons in the City



picture taken in what was formerly paseo, cebu city, november 2008