11.   Once-traditional cities have been transformed into successions of mirrored towers, new centers of commerce and finance.

12.   Over the decades, cities were transformed from self-sustaining creatures of increasingly anachronistic states to supplicants pleading for federal grants.

13.   Pioneer modernists spoke of transforming entire cities, of remaking the world.

14.   That era of immigration, through the halls of Ellis Island, transformed the city and sparked debates over the role of newcomers that still echo today.

15.   The city is being transformed into a place that is older, less monochromatic and increasingly divided into the haves and have-nots.

16.   The construction that transformed the city also left it littered with vacant office space and empty high-rise condominiums.

17.   The constant stream of foreign leaders convening in New York, and their permanent representatives there, help to transform the city from mere financial center to world capital.

18.   The Latino entrepreneurial spirit is transforming other cities as well.

19.   The organizers of the Los Angeles festival claim the Olympics transformed their city into an international arts center.

20.   The phenomenon is contributing to a renaissance for the Czech capital that is transforming the city into one of the fastest-growing business and tourism centers in Europe.