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NBC5 has an update listing the people involved and video here: New Corruption Charges Hit Building, Zoning Departments Chicago Tribune: U.S. to announce charges against 15 in city bribe-taking probe (thanks to Dan M. for the tip) Federal authorities are set to announce charges Thursday against 15 people, including seven City of Chicago [...] May 22nd, 2008 | Tags: Chicago, corruption, development, downzoning, NIMBY, politics, property rights, Tony Rezko, zoning | Category: corruption, zoning | 14 comments |
 printable viewAustin Contrarian discusses an article that describes how Seattle has become less affordable in recent years. He prescribes a recipe for Austin to become what he calls a “Superstar City” such as New York, Boston, San Francisco, or Seattle. By “Superstar City”, I assume he means an ultra-hip place where housing prices rise [...] May 14th, 2008 | Tags: affordability, affordable housing, Austin, density, development, NIMBY, seattle, zoning | Category: zoning | Leave a comment |
printable viewLimousine Liberals aren’t the only ones who oppose change. In Harlem, neighbors fought to keep new people out of their neighborhood, and want to force gentrification upon other neighborhoods. In the process they created such a stir at Wednesday’s Council session, they had to be cleared out. It’s such a strange phenomenon: progressives [...] May 1st, 2008 | Tags: 125th street rezoning, gentrification, Harlem, neighborhood, NIMBY, nyc, rezoning, zoning | Category: zoning | 8 comments |
printable viewTyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution asks a great question: How good would the abolition of zoning in New York City be? He argues that zoning restrictions prevent Manhattan from being a “forest of skyscrapers” such as Sao Paulo. Many of Manhattan’s skyscrapers are much taller than typical Sao Paulo skyscrapers. This is mostly [...] April 28th, 2008 | Tags: bureaucracy, Free-market, housing, manhattan, NIMBY, nyc, Sao Paulo, skyscrapers, tyler cowen, zoning | Category: zoning | Leave a comment |
printable viewOut of Control blog: Terms of Potential PA Turnpike Lease Announced Curbed NYC 4/22/08: Developer-Driven Rezoning Prepares to Enter Ring AMNY 4/24/08: Residents fight Tudor City development Curbed NYC 4/24/08: Neighborhood Love: Tudor City Residents Suing to Block Solow Houston Strategies 4/24/08: The renewed zoning debate April 24th, 2008 | Tags: Houston, NIMBY, nyc, pa turnpike, rezoning, Tudor City | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment |
printable viewNearby residents want to stall Columbus Village from being their Upper West Side neighbor. The myth that dense development is bad for the environment continues… Maybe high-priced attorneys help propagate these myths at the expense of the environment and supply of housing for the sake of their clients’ Legal Plunder. GlobeSt: Resident [...] April 14th, 2008 | Tags: columbus village, density, development, NIMBY, nyc, real estate, upper west side | Category: zoning | 4 comments |
printable viewNIMBYism and exclusionary zoning has helped “preserve the character” of desirable urban areas by driving out the economically unfortunate. Green Disparate Impact April 13th, 2008 | Tags: Economics, NIMBY, race issues, zoning | Category: Environment, planning, zoning | Leave a comment |
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