RIP to Annie Dillard, whose work frequently left me unable to speak sensibly for several minutes after reading it. This essay, This Is The Life, was my entry point to her work
@IngaSaffron There has to be a housing-first philosophy to create demand for future Market East retail. A "back to the future" mentality where the convenience of walkable neighborhood stores for a large local population pushes back at online retail sales - e.g. Vancouver's downtown Home Depot
@jblumgart Nice article, but so discouraging from urbanist (dead streets lacking activity) and environmental (more energy used to produce unneeded plastic-laden junk) points of view.
@TheeThomasB@IngaSaffron Wouldn't that be nice! It was painful watching Boston suck up all those federal funds for what would have been a great project in Philadelphia.