Conor Dougherty

1 week 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.

Mar 4, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Conor Dougherty

“Paradise” is a TV show on Hulu about a postapocalyptic society that lives underground in a suburb. “Silo” is a TV show on Apple TV+ about a postapocalyptic society that lives underground in an apartment tower. Both are propelled by mysteries. Both feature curious heroes. Both have shifty leaders who lie, blackmail and murder to keep their secrets hidden and their denizens in line. The shows have much in common, in other words.

Jan 26, 2025 | nytimes.com | Conor Dougherty

The possibility of a trade war erupted on Sunday between the United States and Colombia that could make coffee, flowers and raw materials more expensive for Americans, while U.S. corn growers and chemical companies could find billions of dollars in sales at risk. Relations between the two countries quickly deteriorated after the South American country refused to receive U.S. military planes carrying deported immigrants.