Conor Dougherty

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Conor Dougherty

SAN FRANCISCO -- Two years ago, United Nations Plaza was vying for the title of “Saddest Place in San Francisco.” A sunny brick promenade surrounded by government buildings, the plaza had become a trash-strewn dumping ground for the city’s most vexing problems. A typical weekday scene might have included a team of paramedics reviving a limp teenager overdosing on fentanyl, against a backdrop of merchants selling stolen cellphones and a fountain being repurposed as a toilet.

3 weeks ago | pressdemocrat.com | Conor Dougherty

SAN FRANCISCO — Two years ago, United Nations Plaza was vying for the title of “Saddest Place in San Francisco.” A sunny brick promenade surrounded by government buildings, the plaza had become a trash-strewn dumping ground for the city’s most vexing problems. A typical weekday scene might have included a team of paramedics reviving a limp teenager overdosing on fentanyl, against a backdrop of merchants selling stolen cellphones and a fountain being repurposed as a toilet.

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Conor Dougherty |Loren Elliott

Made quickly and with minimal fuss, a park for skateboarders revived a downtown site - and offered a few lessons for urban revitalization. Two years ago, United Nations Plaza was vying for the title of "Saddest Place in San Francisco." A sunny brick promenade surrounded by government buildings, the plaza had become a trash-strewn dumping ground for the city's most vexing problems.

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Conor Dougherty

Monte Anderson opened a broom closet in his kitchen and pointed to a door handle near a mop and a trash can. Somewhere on the other side lay one small solution to America’s affordable housing crisis. Anderson is a developer who rehabs commercial and residential buildings in and around Dallas, including the ranch-style house where he lives, for now, with three kind-of-sort-of roommates. The 2,400-square-foot home has been split into four studio apartments.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Conor Dougherty |NYT Business

Monte Anderson opened a broom closet in his kitchen and pointed to a door handle near a mop and a trash can. Somewhere on the other side lay one small solution to America’s affordable housing crisis. Anderson is a developer who rehabs commercial and residential buildings in and around Dallas, including the ranch-style house where he lives, for now, with three kind-of-sort-of roommates. The 2,400-square-foot home has been split into four studio apartments.