The current pandemic has given us an opportunity to step back and re-align our city development priorities from- ‘productive’ to ‘sustainable’ and ‘resilient’- which has been a welcome step in the urban planning. Here we have highlighted a few ideas that are being contemplated the world over. Today, we are witnessing global cities backing ideas like ‘Build Back Better’ and the concept of neighbourhood cities being reshaped and adopted as ‘15-minute city’. The components which tie a city together at a smaller level like the open spaces, streets and buildings have also experienced a shift in their use and preferences. Open spaces have materialized not just as stress relievers during the ongoing pandemic, but also as spaces which improve immunity. Streets and parking lots have been rediscovered as extended public spaces while our homes have been reinvented as our workplaces, gyms, gardens in whatever capacity they can.