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Back to news homeWhat Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
For the optimized office worker looking for the trifecta of fast, healthy and filling, few meals are more efficient than a pile of veggies and some dressing swirled with tofu […]
The Work-From-Home Economy and the Urban Job Outlook
Rob Siminoski is back running shows at Universal Studios, a short drive from downtown Los Angeles, but his schedule is uncertain. “Technically I’m back to work, but this week I […]
How to Make a Neighborhood Farm for an Entire Metropolis
ATLANTA — Joe Reynolds and Judith Winfrey, the married couple who started Love Is Love Farm 13 years ago not far from downtown Atlanta, are part of a generation of […]
China Adds More Parks to Its Cities to Raise Quality of Life
SHANGHAI — Suzhou Creek was little more than an open sewer for decades as its murky waters coursed through the heart of Shanghai. Now, it teems with life along verdant […]
A Rural-Urban Broadband Divide, but Not the One You Think Of
Whom should the government help get superfast internet access?The question is not addressed directly in President Biden’s multibillion-dollar infrastructure plan, which devotes tens of billions of dollars to expanding access […]
After Pandemic, Shrinking Need for Office Space Could Crush Landlords
Roughly 17.3 percent of office space in Manhattan is available for lease, the most in at least three decades. Asking rents have dropped to just over $74 a square foot, […]
Now Making Electric Bikes: Car and Motorcycle Companies
The transportation industry has seen the future, and the future is 1895.That was the year Ogden Bolton Jr. of Canton, Ohio, was awarded U.S. Patent 552,271 for an “electrical bicycle.” […]
Use It or Lose It: Tenant Aid Effort Nears a Federal Cutoff
Looking to expand aid, Mayor Jim Kenney announced in early March that the city would budget $50 million for a five-year program to assist low-income households. It would also run […]
If Restaurants Go, What Happens to Cities?
When the Church Brew Works opened in 1999, it amounted to a rare bit of good news for the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Its population had shrunk by half since […]