The pandemic upended urban patterns and rituals, paralyzed public transportation, emptied out public spaces and replaced in-person business meetings with Zoom calls. Just how many of these changes will outlive the crisis is a question Richard Florida, urbanist and author of The Rise of the Creative Class, is uniquely placed to answer. Cities—and the ways we live and create within them—have long inspired Florida’s writing, thinking and teaching at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
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