The City and its Futures
We have plans for the future, but not always a path to get there. There are quick gains we could do today, but not always a vision to guide them. Somewhere between the long horizon and today's next step, the city gets shaped.
By Yuval FogelsonThe future seems far, abstract, and fuzzy, yet sometimes it’s right there in front of us. A Sign of Things to Come Walk past a building marked for redevelopment and you might find a large sign mounted in front of it: a render of what is coming, a proposal for what will replace what is still standing. Residents enter and leave, a cat sits on the windowsill, a delivery stops at the door. The building is what it has been, and yet it is already haunted by what it might become. The... Read more
