Sometimes I’ll read several articles in a row that seem logically connected. Perhaps the current conditions of enforced isolation and poor economics conditions have encouraged writers to move in the same direction, or perhaps there really is a deep connection between the following pieces:
- “Could a Public Works Program Save New York City’s Economy?” by Samar Khurshid,
- “Now Is the Time to Embrace Density” by Carol Galante,
- “Milan announces ambitious scheme to reduce car use after lockdown” by Laura Laker,
- “Coming Up” by Sebastian Bernardy and Vincent Meyer Madaus,
- and “America’s Cities Could House Everyone if They Chose To” by Binyamin Appelbaum.
Except for “Coming Up,” which concerns the potential for intensive use of rooftops in New York, as the largest available amount of space, the titles are fairly self-explanatory. All of the articles are worth reading, although what you get out of them will depend on what preconceptions you bring to them. The common theme is that the current circumstances, as awful as they are, provide the opportunity to review and perhaps alter our path. It would be foolish to not even consider doing so.
