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On Marketplace, Dawveed Scully Discusses Post-Pandemic Urban Planning

In many communities, life sheltering in place isn’t changing any time soon as restrictions on gatherings grow more strict. With COVID-19 changing the way people live and get around, city planners in Chicago see the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink urban living.

What’s happening in the Park Manor neighborhood is exciting to Dawveed Scully. He’s an urban designer with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, an architectural firm.

“Urbanism in cities is about collective energy and collective activity,” he said.