I offer five overarching ideas below - some already addressed by the measures discussed above - and some pitfalls to avoid. the local businesses that line Budge Row, London’s oldest street, that passes under Bloomberg’s European headquarters building in London.)? Will the Amazon help reinvigorate the first-floor foot-flow for surrounding restaurants and businesses in the sustained fashion followed by tech-building design decisions worldwide (e.g. Presuming that dysfunction accelerated and then reigned during the pandemic, what should be the ideal larger goals for cities moving forward during the season of Great Returns? Beyond renewed downtown programming, stadium-filling events, and business receipts, how will we find the secret sauce of compatibility that will resound in the inherent context, culture and character of an urban settlement?
RELATED: Internal FAQ: What Amazon is telling employees before they return to the office this week These principles include time-immemorial concepts: safety, the basic connectors between people and where they work, the importance of hubs of culture and human interaction, and the co-creation necessary to keep these Great Returns alive. The trick will be to assess the ideals that the quick fixes are meant to guarantee and restore, which are, essentially, the first principles of cities. No one wants more of what has become emblematic in the media: the recent closure of a flagship Whole Foods store in San Francisco in the wake of a concern for staff safety based on surrounding street conditions.Īs the Amazon (and other) “Great Returns” unfold, however, it’s important to dig deeper. Harrell has been big on new initiatives, including expanding public safety patrols, launching new drug intervention initiatives, use of vacant storefronts for “pop-up” artistic and entrepreneurial endeavors, and increased street-closures for pedestrian activity, ranging from allowances for “sip n’ stroll” walkability, curbside music, and even pickleball.
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