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Thomas Schmidt wrote a great article for LewRockwell.com that covers a lot of urbanist ground, with some help from a broad selection of Jane Jacobs’ work. Here’s a snippet: Though you might blame any number of obvious villains and historical processes for this, the name Ebenezer Howard would probably not come to mind. [...] March 17th, 2009 | Tags: Euclid, history, Jane Jacobs, Thomas Schmidt, zoning | Category: Economics, Jane Jacobs, planning, zoning | 6 comments |
 printable viewby Stephen Smith The Weekly Standard has a comprehensive and compelling piece of investigative reporting on Columbia University’s attempt to acquire 17 acres in the heart of the Manhattanville section, north of its Morningside campus. The tale is a classic example of eminent domain abuse – the university worked hand-in-glove with the government [...] December 4th, 2008 | Tags: blight, eminent domain, Euclid, Kelo, nyc, Stephen Smith | Category: corruption | 3 comments |
printable viewWhile well intentioned, like many progressive interventions of the eary 1900s, zoning has contributed to sprawl (which has begun to be demonized by progressives over the recent decades) and served to inhibit the vitality and diversity of urban neighborhoods. The triumph of the core philosophy behind Euclid vs. Ambler later enabled destructive urban [...] November 28th, 2008 | Tags: Euclid, Euclidean, Kelo, NIMBY, progressivism, sprawl, zoning | Category: sprawl, zoning | 3 comments |
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