City dwellers gained more access to public spaces during the pandemic – can they keep it?
- Written by Katharine Lusk, Co-Director, Initiative on Cities, Boston University

Through a year of pandemic shutdowns and protests, Americans have rediscovered their public spaces. Homebound city dwellers sought havens in parks, plazas and reclaimed streets. Many of these places also became stages for protests against police violence and systemic racism in...
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