Central Portland’s Retail Scene Continues to Crumble
This store is in the Pearl District, one of the country's leading centers of urban revitalization. The neighborhood has thousands of lofts and condos built ...
Seattle’s Effective Office Vacancy Rate is 30%
This article quotes stats from a recent Kidder Mathew report showing 12% vacancy for landlord-offered space plus an additional 18% vacancy in subleased space, for ...
The Enduring Appeal of Midtowns
25 years ago I worked on the turnaround strategy of the Grand Arcade in Milwaukee ( a failed specialty center), and it was obvious then ...
More Numbers on Downtown Seattle
Currently: 55% of pre-pandemic office use, 76% of hotel use, and 90% of tourists. Encouraging, but hope won't be enough. City government will have to ...
Overcoming Siloed Thinking
Affordable housing, TOD, MXD, etc are not separate concepts. Start with walkable/ bikable "place" as a chassis for all of the above. https://www.pps.org/article/toward-place-governance-civic-infrastructure-placemaking
A New Anchor for Main Streets and Town Centers?
In my community, there's a thriving social scene on the pickleball courts, but you have to drive miles to a remote park to get there. ...
The Shift from 206 to 425
This article profiles the decline of downtown Seattle, area code 206, and how Nike has closed its store there and moved that store to suburban ...
Will Ford’s Renovation of the Michigan Central Create An Island of Corporate Privilege?
The Michigan Central is located 1.5 miles from the city center and getting there is a scary walk across a freeway and past empty buildings ...
Trump’s Baltimore Bashing Preys on White Evangelical Fear of the City
Since the 1860s, but particularly between 1970 and 1990, Americans have often viewed cities as depraved, dirty and dangerous places full of people who look ...
How the Mutation of Main Street Is Reshaping Cities
It's interesting that this article is about building community around retail service and connection, while the Governing Magazine website does not allow for comments. It ...