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There are 2 kinds of cities right now. It explains why you hate your downtown.
Some struggling downtowns are relying on tourism to bounce back from the pandemic. That might be a …
Eliza Relman
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Many cities are fighting the urban 'doom loop' by turning empty offices into 24/7 social districts
Most American downtowns are slowly fighting off the "urban doom loop." Minneapolis is on a good tra…
Eliza Relman
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A quant California downtown is on sale for $6.6 million, but the seller is looking for a specific kind of buyer
John Ray has owned downtown Campo in California for over two decades. He's now selling it for $6.6 …
Lauren Edmonds
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Downtown Los Angeles is bustling with new residents. Not so much with office workers, though.
Downtown LA has seen a surge in new residents since the pandemic, and that growth is expected to co…
John L. Dorman
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The death of downtowns
Vacant storefronts are popping up across the country and remaining empty. But it's not just a produ…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Detroit's 'doom loop' was unlike any other American city. Its downtown is now a model for urban reinvention.
Detroit beat out Miami as the fastest-appreciating housing market in the country last November, ris…
John L. Dorman
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The key to fighting the urban doom loop might be a downtown beach
Many American downtowns are struggling. Cities should look to their neglected waterfronts to rebuil…
Eliza Relman
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Saudi Arabia announces world's largest modern downtown in Riyadh
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has announced the launch of the New Murabba …
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One of the oldest restaurants at Downtown Disney in California is closing down
Catal Restaurant, which opened in 2001 when Disneyland California unveiled its Downtown District, w…
Grace Dean
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I moved to Iceland from Brooklyn 7 years ago. I feel so much safer walking round downtown at night and I'm away from the rat race.
Jewells Chambers moved from Brooklyn to Reykjavik in 2016. "I feel leaps and bounds safer," she say…
Grace Dean
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Cinemark is shutting its theater in San Francisco's biggest mall as the downtown exodus continues
The lights are going out for the last time at the Westfield San Francisco Center's movie theater fo…
Grace Dean
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Ikea's not afraid of the San Francisco doom loop. It's about to open a new downtown store – and yes, there will be meatballs.
San Francisco is hoping a new small-format Ikea store in the Mid-Market area can get more people ba…
Polly Thompson
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Remote work has made downtown DC a ghost town as federal office buildings sit mostly empty
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has urged the White House to bring federal workers back to the office or tur…
Eliza Relman
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Forget the 'death of downtowns' we're about to experience the Big City Renaissance
Forget the "death of downtowns" or an "urban doom loop," big cities like New York City and San Fra…
Matthew E. Kahn,Christopher O…
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Struggling US downtowns could take a cue from a small town in England that gave businesses rent-free space
The English town of Poole has seen a jump in downtown foot traffic after 10 small businesses were g…
Eliza Relman
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Go check out this map that shows just how many vacant office buildings are in downtown San Francisco
An interactive map made by the San Francisco Chronicle lets you explore how bad the city's commerci…
Britney Nguyen
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San Francisco's downtown just entered a new phase of its crisis as the city's most prominent shopping mall goes bust
A lack of affordable housing is coming back to bite San Francisco. Even after COVID, parts of downt…
Alistair Barr
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser wants to expand tax breaks for developers turning empty downtown offices into much-needed housing
Many federal government employees, who occupy a third of downtown jobs, aren't required to come bac…
Eliza Relman
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear choked up as he revealed his close friend died in the Louisville shooting at a downtown bank
A shooter opened fire in a bank in downtown Louisville on Monday morning, killing 5 people, includi…
Grace Eliza Goodwin,Chris Pan…
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Security footage reportedly shows Cash App creator Bob Lee looking for help in downtown San Francisco after he was stabbed
Security footage shows Cash App founder Bob Lee, who died this week, in the moments after he was st…