Creating a “joy spiral” to revive San Francisco’s downtown
Marketplace Tech
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🗓️ 2 July 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Yesterday, we explained San Francisco’s fraught relationship with the tech industry. Tech workers weren’t always welcome in the eyes of many other residents, and when the COVID-19 pandemic began, a lot of them left, taking their dollars with them. But on a recent Thursday evening, organizers of a block party downtown were trying to bring people back. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke to Manny Yekutiel and Katy Birnbaum about their efforts to revive the city’s downtown.
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| 1:09.0 | I'm Lili Dramale. Today we explained how San Francisco's relationship with the tech industry has long been fraught. |
| 1:26.1 | Tech workers weren't always welcome. |
| 1:28.4 | Some were accused of changing the city's character. |
| 1:31.8 | Then when the COVID-19 pandemic began, a lot of them left, taking |
| 1:36.3 | their foot traffic and their dollars with them. But on a Thursday evening, |
| 1:40.8 | organizers of a block party downtown are trying to bring people back. |
| 1:45.6 | The street is lined with friends and coworkers, even parents with strollers hanging out, |
| 1:50.6 | ordering from food trucks and dancing. |
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