One man’s concrete jungle is another man’s walkable and extremely lively community. Also, many people have pointed out, we don’t need to go full Manhattan to s

One man’s concrete jungle is another man’s walkable and extremely lively community. Also, many people have pointed out, we don’t need to go full Manhattan to satisfy current demand. We can do it with mid-rise construction, that still leaves lots of open spaces and views of the sky. To do that, we have to recognize that “character” is not just the outside of the building, increasingly a playground for the rich, but the life that goes on inside them.