The Surprising Stickiness of the “15-Minute City”

I was initially skeptical of the 15 Minute City concept, which seemed like old wine in a new bottle. But I came to a different conclusion after digging into it. Thanks to Martin Pederson at Common Edge for publishing this piece, and to the World Economic Forum for republishing it—reaching tens of thousands of readers. An excerpt: “Indeed, the decentralization of work is not going to kill the city, it’s going to save it. There will be a lot of creative destruction along the way, but that is how the city renews itself: from within. The cities that don’t decentralize work …

NDC in Crain’s NY

October 25, 2018 Rebuild public universities with private-sector efficiency CUNY could speed up glacial development process with nonprofit P3 model Daniel Marsh The City University of New York is in the process of selecting a new chancellor. The longer it takes, the more challenging it will be for its next leader to address a critical issue: CUNY’s aging building stock. This is no small undertaking. The city’s public universities have 24 campuses and more than 300 buildings with an average age exceeding 50. Some date back more than a century. Repairing old CUNY facilities is difficult enough, but developing new …