Nonetheless, where organizations can weather the storm, those within the hospitality industry have taken comfort from the speed at which consumption picked again up when shoppers were able to go back to cafes, restaurants, pubs and bars. And the latent demand for holidays, with a significant proportion not keen to […]
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With Big Cities Out of Reach, Some Homeowners Opt for Long Distance Design
Molly Lansing didn’t hit it off with a local designer she hired for her Hailey, Idaho, home, so she called another one 2,360 miles away. The 39-year-old school administrator reached out to Courtney Sempliner, an interior designer based in Port Washington, N.Y., she felt could give her newly purchased, five-bedroom […]
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Post-Pandemic Cities Can Permanently Reclaim Public Spaces As Gathering Places | Cities
Will the COVID-19 pandemic prompt a shift to healthier cities that focus on wellness rather than functional and economic concerns? This is a hypothesis that seems to be supported by several researchers around the world. In many ways, containment and physical distancing measures have contributed to an increased recognition of […]
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How can cities become healthier, greener, and more equitable in the future?
In a year marked by COVID-19, renewed calls for racial justice, a contentious presidential election, and an active wildfire and hurricane season, Penn experts share what’s needed to make urban areas more resilient to future crises. Credit: Eric Sucar When COVID-19 brought cities across the world to a halt this […]
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Why don’t more cities allow tiny houses on wheels as ADUs?
Tiny houses—homes sometimes as small as 150 square feet, popularized on reality shows such as Tiny House Nation—have had a longstanding challenge. You might be able to buy or build one for relatively little money, but because they’re typically constructed on a trailer with wheels, the zoning codes in most […]
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Rena Butler illustrates Chicago’s ‘Tale of Two’ cities in Hubbard Street Dance film
As a childhood resident of the Southwest Chicago neighborhood of Beverly, Rena Butler recalls visiting friends and family in Englewood and other nearby areas. She would sometimes hear loud bangs and didn’t know if they were fireworks or gun shots. “If I’m 12 years old and having that already in […]
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The Latest: Curfew comes into force in French cities
A health worker makes a heart sign while she and her fellow workers celebrate as the last three patients are released from a field hospital at the National Stadium Mane Garrincha, after recuperating from COVID-19, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Eraldo Peres AP PARIS — French restaurants, cinemas […]
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How Cities (and Citizens) Create Hostile Environments
Adapted from stories found in The 99% Invisible City by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohsltedt Cities and their citizens are in constant dialog, but sometimes that conversation is one-sided. Master plans and grand designs aside, cities employ a wide array of smaller, more targeted, top-down strategies in public spaces, using […]
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Cities after COVID & GM’s Electric Vehicle Push
Welcome to the Capital Note, a newsletter about finance and economics. On the menu today: work from home, GM’s investment in Nikola, and a look at the Vegas-Wall Street pipeline. Cities in the Post-COVID Era With Labor Day now past, it will be interesting to see whether there will be […]