In Berlin, cemeteries are being converted to parks, playgrounds, and housing. Is Berlin going in the right direction? Are other cities, including those in the Washington region, likely to follow suit?
Christina Caron, The New York Times
Published: 09 Jan 2021 03:00 PM BdST
Updated: 09 Jan 2021 03:16 PM BdST A man checks his mobile phone as he sits in an alley inside Jerusalem s Old city as Israel tightens a national lockdown in a bid to curb a sharp rise in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Jerusalem Jan 8, 2021. REUTERS/FILE
In the spring, as thousands of people were sickened by the coronavirus, the bodies began to pile up in one of the country’s densest urban centres: New York City. );
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News headlines rolled like a steady drumbeat of doom. The region became known as the epicentre of the pandemic. Economists predicted that the city’s recovery would take years. Some New Yorkers started moving out, “fleeing” to the suburbs.