An urban retrofit for the tech tribe
Big tech and big cities have a tense relationship. Silicon Valley is a place in the suburbs, and the industry grew up at a physical and conceptual remove from urban life. These days they make products to keep us indoors, buying stuff on our phones and swiping right.
So there’s an inevitable question when Amazon opens a new downtown office, as they have recently done in Vancouver: Does the company really want to be part of the city?
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