Main Street: How a City's Heart Connects Us AllMindy Thompson Fullilove traverses the central thoroughfares of our cities to uncover the ways they bring together our communities After an 11 year study of Main Streets in 178 cities and 14 countries, Fullilove discovered the power of city centers to "help us name and solve our problems." In an era of compounding crises including racial injustice, climate change, and COVID 19, the ability to rely on the power of community is more important than ever.