In Maine, a group of residents are hoping to start a new community based on the principles of urban design advocated by Nathan Lewis at New World Economics and J.H. Crawford at Carfree.com. The group, led by Tracy Gayton, is hoping to attract enough individual investors to buy 125 acres of land which will [...]
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Small streets are all over urban planning blogs right now. Nathan Lewis at New World Economics is leading the way with beautiful images of really narrow streets along with Charlie Gardner at Old Urbanist, Small Streets, and Cap’n Transit. They have all compiled photographs of pedestrian-centric streets from all over the world with very inspiring results. [...] January 12th, 2012 | Category: Human Ingenuity, International, Places & Spaces | One comment |  printable viewFor readers in the DC area, the movie Battle for Brooklyn is playing at the Dome Theater in Arlington this weekend. The film explores eminent domain in the Forest City Ratner development at Atlantic Yards. It will be playing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with a Q&A with the directors Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley after [...] January 10th, 2012 | Category: Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Washington D.C. | Leave a comment | printable viewPretty interesting article in the NYT today about the Gotham West development that recently broke ground on Manhattan‘s far west side. But I think the part about affordable housing could use some context: But the bulk of the project will be affordable units, 682 of them, or more than half the total homes….
January 9th, 2012 | Tags: politics, real estate, regulation | Category: Business, byline=Stephen Smith, Economics, Fact & Comment, Law, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design | Comments are closed | printable viewApparently I’m not the only one who thinks London’s Shard skyscraper (shameless article-I-wrote-about-London-skyscrapers plug) looks like Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel. Koryo Tours, the only tour group that offers westerners package to North Korea, plays up the similarities on its blog: To the eyes of us all at Koryo Tours it looks like Renzo Piano has been [...] January 8th, 2012 | Tags: politics, real estate, regulation | Category: byline=Stephen Smith, International, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design, World Affairs | Comments are closed | printable viewThere’s been a lot of handwringing by American lefties over the austerity plans that Germany is asking indebted eurozone governments like Italy and Greece to implement in exchange for bailouts, but many aspects of the plans – especially labor market deregulation – are long overdue no matter which side if the aisle you sit on [...] January 7th, 2012 | Tags: energy, politics, regulation, retail | Category: Autos, byline=Stephen Smith, Economics, Fact & Comment, Innovation & Science, International, Law, Logistics & Transportation, Management, Places & Spaces, Players, Policy, Style & Design, Taxes & Law, Travel, Vehicles, World Affairs | Comments are closed | printable viewScrapping viaducts like this would make California HSR cheaper, faster to build, and easier to maintain, without a loss in quality The recent peer review report recommending that California delay construction on the first segment of its high-speed rail project has caused a bit of consternation in the transit twittosphere. Blogger The Overhead Wire [...] January 6th, 2012 | Tags: energy, politics, regulation | Category: byline=Stephen Smith, Economics, Fact & Comment, Innovation & Science, Logistics & Transportation, Places & Spaces, Policy, Style & Design, Tech, Travel, Vehicles | Comments are closed | printable view |
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“Upzoning means up yours!” Links
1. The title quote comes from this gem of an LA Weekly article about proposed changes to Hollywood’s zoning code which would allow for taller buildings and denser development. According to the Weekly, “For decades, zoning that governs height and size has preserved thousands of affordable, low-slung, older apartments, bungalows and commercial buildings in Hollywood.” [...]