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Tweet is about SF but the core issues are probably relevant to most US cities that designed their downtown cores around wholly commercial business office inste
by Tiktaalik 4y ago
Tweet is about SF but the core issues are probably relevant to most US cities that designed their downtown cores around wholly commercial business office instead of mixed use and which are now increasingly desolate as WFH continues to grab a significant share of workers and doesn't seem to be going away.
- THENATHE 4y agoI agree with this. One of the big things that always kinda "hurt" me as far as modern planning is concerned is the mostly "death" of the business-home duplex. You own a building that is business downstairs, house upstairs. Look at a place like SF and you could have a single building with 30 businesses and 30 homes, and it would fit into a standard commercial slot. That makes for walkable cities, if nothing else, and a short commute to work.
- CryptoBanker 4y agoThat’s shocking to me as that seems to be almost a rule for many commercial properties in NYC outside of midtown and FIDI
- THENATHE 4y agoMost of my experience is with Daly City and it seems like that is absolutely NOT a thing there. I can also say that outside of older cities (IE, Phoenix AZ for an example) the duplex home-business is completely nonexistant
- wsatb 4y agoChicago's downtown at least feels like it's coming back. I'm not sure how, I guess a higher percentage of people back in the office compared to a city like SF. My company barely uses our office now but I used it most of last week and surprisingly the mornings felt "normal", there's lines during lunch rush, there were packed bars during happy hour. It honestly felt bustling for the first time in close to three years. It's not back to pre-pandemic levels, but perhaps getting there.