Where is downtown? The impact of the internet on work and workplaces in America
SalonThe new residents of Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and countless other downtowns with growing economies moved in because of employment opportunities and a ready and growing supply of downtown housing. Computer and internet use resulted in changes in office employment and a major reduction in the amount of space needed for filing, storage, and clerical activity. Nevertheless, despite the hope that co-working facilities would alter downtown America, it represents less than 1 percent of the nation’s office space—not enough to matter. Even where startup companies are thought to have played an important role, such as in lower Manhattan, co-working facilities occupied only 1.13 percent of downtown office space. Developers in downtown Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Baltimore are currently profiting from converting their similarly large pool of obsolete class B office buildings to residential use.
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Opinion: L.A. and other cities are recovering, but not their downtowns. Why?
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