Opinion | New York Is Full of Empty Offices After Covid. Make Way for the Playground City. - The New York Times

As urban offices continue to empty out, great cities must embrace a shift from vocation to recreation.

Gus Powell By Edward L. Glaeser and Carlo Ratti Photographs by Gus Powell Mr. Glaeser is the chair of the economics department at Harvard and an author of “Survival of the City.” Mr. Ratti is the director of the Senseable City Lab at M.I.T. and an author of “The City of Tomorrow.” New York is undergoing a metamorphosis from a city dedicated to productivity to one built around pleasure. Many office buildings still feel eerily empty, with occupancy around 50 percent of prepandemic levels, harming landlords and the local economy. But 56 million people visited New York last year, making Fifth Aven

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