The Vertical Sidewalk

The Vertical Sidewalk

About the Substack

The "vertical sidewalk" aka the ground floors that frame our walks around town, have the power to make us feel great and proud about the place where we live. I look at them and write about that and general musings about cities, economics, food and music.

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About Jaime J. Izurieta

I reimagine streetscapes to help downtowns reclaim foot traffic | Urban Strategist for Developers, BIDs & Downtowns | Founder of Storefront Mastery | Author of “The Ten No-BS Rules For Successful Storefront Design” and “Main Street Mavericks”