Getting in on the ground floor: how street-level lots could reinvigorate the post-COVID city

Mar 1, 2021

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"The richness of Parisian urban life … would never be possible without the commercial activities that fill the streets" – Deputy Mayor of Paris Image: Reuters/Benoit Tessier

Carlo Ratti

Director, MIT - Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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