VICETrump Administration The People the Suburbs Were Built for Are Gone verified_publisherVICE - Shayla LoveA new book documents the “retrofitting” of obsolete suburban malls, box stores, office parks, parking lots, motels, and more. Last summer, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, then Secretary of Housing and Urban...
POLITICOTransportation The pandemic could devastate mass transit in the U.S. — and not for the reason you think verified_publisherPOLITICO - Tanya SnyderCovid-19 is speeding up shifts in where Americans live and work, posing a long-term challenge to transit systems built around getting people to downtown workplaces. Mass transit might eventually rebound...
Fast Companyflipped into Fast Co. DesignSan Francisco Bay Area Sprawl ruined Silicon Valley. Can world-class architecture fix it? verified_publisherFast Company - By Nate BergA development in downtown San Jose will feature five new or renovated buildings by star architects Kengo Kuma and Associates, Bjarke Ingels Group, Studio Gang, and James K.M. Cheng Architects. In the of...
THE Oregonianflipped into Oregonian NewsHomelessness Majority of downtown Portland merchants say city core is unsafe oregonlive.com - Jamie Goldberg The majority of downtown Portland businesses owners believe that the city’s core is no longer safe, according to a survey conducted by Downtown …
Edmonton Sunflipped into Edmonton Sun NewsCities GUNTER: Don’t count on Edmonton’s downtown to rebound after pandemic subsides edmontonsun.com - Chad Huculak The pandemic and the collapse of the oil industry have knocked Edmonton’s downtown on its keister.
World Economic ForumStockholm COVID has shown we can be creative under pressure: Stockholm's mayor on harnessing a city's people power verified_publisherweforum.org - Sean Fleming Sweden has a reputation as a forward-thinking nation with high living standards and a solid track record on issues such as gender equality, clean …