NYC, if you’re listening, this is what we need to do to stay vital. Turn the unused space into green space. The current abundance of boarded up businesses and abandoned spaces could be our downfall or our salvation. If we could convert some of this concrete into green space & pedestrian-only plazas, this could help improve the quality of life and mental health of those living here, and it could make NYC more desirable, increasing the demand for people and businesses to stay. Caveat: I know little to nothing about urban planning or the realities of this issue. Consider this a lighthearted if uninformed plea to slightly shift the balance from cars to pedestrians, and from concrete to green.
