Downtowns

A new report from the JPMorgan Chase Institute finds retail has followed consumers to where many more now work and live.

In New York City, daily office vacancy rates average about 50%. So it and other cities are trying to attract more visitors by converting office space to housing, improving public transit, and making their streets a destination.

The share of workers staying home due to worries about the coronavirus dropped last month to a pandemic low.

The Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles offers much needed -- and some say, long overdue -- green space in the neighborhood.