'A Neighborhood Is Alive and Fluid'

  1. Ariel Aberg-Riger

Mr. Rogers showed viewers a place filled with interactions and a framework for being and becoming.

This post is part of CityLab’s “Neighbors Week”—an effort to understand the modern art of being next door to someone else.

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