The Stuff Coming to Us in Ways That Transform Cities

We are in the middle of a freight revolution that is transforming the built environment. Instead of us needing to go to the stuff (traditional retail), the stuff is increasingly coming to us (Santa Claus now comes in a Big Brown truck). Now, South Korean commuters can shop the “shelves” of a convenience store billboard using their smartphone cameras, and the goods they purchase will be delivered to their homes within the day. Time to start figuring out how we are going to adaptively reuse a lot of bricks-and-mortar 7-Elevens.

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