Alternatively: "the days of a vertical office park are gone."
So let's stop treating downtown streets like extended highway onramps to flush vehicles in and out everyday, and rethink them as PLACES that can support downtown families, local businesses, arts, music, etc.
ALT image of Paseo Bandera in Santiago Chile. Street is closed to cars and open to people. Painted with a mural that is said to relate to indigenous heritage, which looks like bold rainbow color gradients in different shape. Places to sit. Public restroom. Retail along the side. trees. people enjoying the space