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1. Rebuilding the Central Business District (CBD):
My view is that the central business district like you see in Manhattan—the financial district, the Mid-Town Headquarters District—is a relic of the past. It’s kind of the last echo of the industrial age.
My view is that the central business district like you see in Manhattan—the financial district, the Mid-Town Headquarters District—is a relic of the past. It’s kind of the last echo of the industrial age.
2. There is no reason that hundreds of thousands and millions of people need to get in cars and trains and busses and subways and commute a half hour, 45 minutes, an hour, 90 minutes each way to go to work
3. Pittsburgh is a city of neighborhoods. At its core, it’s a city of neighborhoods. What urbanists are talking about today is that the COVID crisis creates the ability to rebalance metropolitan regions around a set of hubs and spokes.
4. Pittsburgh is perfectly laid out to do this because it is a city like Toronto, a city of neighborhoods. It isn’t just a city built around one center core, although it’s center core, of course, is spectacular.
5. It’s a city built around numerous spectacular neighborhoods with little centers of their own. In becoming this new kind of city region, Pittsburgh can build itself as a safe, inclusive & resilient place with around 15 and 20 minute neighborhoods spread all across the region.
