CityLab Daily: How the Coronavirus Recovery Is Changing Cities

Coming to a city near you: U.S. cities are beginning to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns, but even with the threat of contagion lingering (and in some places growing), how we work, travel, eat and play is changing in ways both subtle and dramatic. The urban streetscape may also be transformed as people and businesses demand more space to properly engage in social distancing — thus posing one of the great design challenges of the recovery period for already built-up, congested cities.

It’s still unclear what cities will look like a year from now, but in many places, the landscape has already started to shift. We compiled and illustrated some of the most noteworthy of those changes, from restaurants moving outdoors and into streets to the repurposing of parking lots, empty hotels and even our homes. Today on CityLab: How the Coronavirus Recovery Is Changing Cities