Tom Higley Mapping the Effects of the Great 1960s 'Freeway Revolts' verified_publisherBloomberg CityLab - Linda Poon Urbanites who battled the construction of the Interstate Highway System in the 1960s saved some neighborhoods—but many highways did transform …
Tom Higley Cities Will Survive Covid-19 verified_publisherThe New York Times - Farhad ManjooCities, you may have heard, are toast. The argument is straightforward and seemingly incontestable: The coronavirus thrives among close clusters of human beings, and nowhere are humans clustered closer...
Tom Higley Are Cities Safe During a Covid-19 Outbreak? verified_publisherThe New York Times - Christina CaronIn the spring, as thousands of people were sickened by the coronavirus, the bodies began to pile up in one of the country’s densest urban centers: New York City. News headlines rolled like a steady drumbeat...
Tom HigleyKitchens REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots verified_publisherTechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberIt seems like SoftBank and the Mubadala Corp. aren’t finished taking big swings at the commercial real estate business in the U.S. Even after the collapse of WeWork, the investors are doubling down on...
Tom Higley 150 Big Businesses Warn Mayor of ‘Widespread Anxiety’ Over N.Y.C.’s Future verified_publisherThe New York Times - Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Dana RubinsteinMore than 150 powerful business leaders in New York City joined together on Thursday to warn Mayor Bill de Blasio that he needed to take more decisive action to address crime and other quality-of-life...
