Lab Report: The Demise of Street Shopping in NYC

New York’s strange shopping state: The city shaped by shopping is seeing a simultaneous pattern of “withering and supersizing” of its retail: street-level storefronts are going vacant along major corridors like Broadway, while new high-gloss malls are sprouting up in prominent spots. New York Magazine writes:

Detroit riots, five decades later: As the 50th anniversary of the Detroit riots approaches on July 23, AP shares stories of residents who were there on the scene—and takes stock of the city’s still-ongoing efforts to fix up its battered neighborhoods and image. Meanwhile, Detroit Free Press starts a series on the riots looking at the escalating tensions that fueled the chaos.