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The city's streets reopen in stages as buildings and services become usable. A shop can begin trading while the upper floors are still being repaired. Families can move into finished rooms beside a closed construction area. Recovered doors, windows and service equipment make those improvements possible, and businesses need deliveries and clear access while the surrounding work continues.
An old building can have a sound frame and still need substantial work before anyone can use it. Builders check what can stay, repair the parts that matter first and keep unsafe areas closed. Accessible service runs make later maintenance easier without opening every wall again.
The street has to support both construction and ordinary life. A delivery can't block the only working entrance to an occupied building. Drains and drinking-water connections need separate routes. Synths move and fit material while human specialists plan the work and check it. A finished storefront is one part of a block that may keep changing for years.
