Findings#

Cross-cutting observations from applying theory to practice across cities.

Entries in development:

• Dual facility geography — Why the neighborhood economic argument that saved the Hynes doesn’t have the same structure in Seattle
• The centrality spectrum — Walk Score as proxy for urban integration. Convention centers sort themselves: 96–98 (in the city), 83–92 (near the city), 62–80 (dead zone), low (peripheral)
• Dead zone patterns — Blank walls, superblocks, intermittent use, service infrastructure. How convention centers create surrounding urban voids
• Displacement patterns — Nashville’s Black Bottom, San Francisco’s SoMa, Seattle’s low-income housing. Convention centers built on cleared communities
• The two-ovens problem — When dual facilities share the same trade area, the operational rationale (load-in overlap) applies ~30 days/year. The other 335 days, two cold ovens in the same kitchen
• Guest room and living room — Cities need both. The Summit is a guest room. What would a living room look like?