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New York’s Funny Definition Of ‘Moderate- and Middle-Income’ Housing

By Stephen Smith, on January 9th, 2012

Pretty 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….

The North Korean Origins Of Renzo Piano’s Shard Tower

By Stephen Smith, on January 8th, 2012

Apparently 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 [...]

In Defense Of Land Reclamation: It Ain’t All Palm Islands!

By Stephen Smith, on January 6th, 2012

Earlier today Urban Photo Blog tweeted earlier today a link to an article about Hong Kong’s latest land reclamation project, with an obviously sarcastic “because it worked so well in Dubai!” tacked on at the end. Not to pick on Urban Photo Blog – actually, his Twitter account is definitely one of the best I follow [...]

California HSR Review Panel Recommends Against $2.7 Billion Bond Issue

By Stephen Smith, on January 3rd, 2012

Enormous viaducts like this are one reason for the project's ballooning cost estimates

Well, the other shoe has finally dropped: the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group is recommending that the state legislature not authorize the issue of $2.7 billion in bonds to begin paying for the state’s planned $98.5 billion high-speed rail line….

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Qatar’s Skyscraper Diplomacy

By Stephen Smith, on December 31st, 2011

London’s Shard tower, soon to be the tallest in Europe, is, financially speaking, a bit puzzling. Europe is in the midst of an economic crisis, and London’s Southwark, across from the skyscraper-crazed City of London, is gentrifying, but not the safest place for a massive real estate investment. The developers have yet to sign a [...]

A Roosevelt Island Campus To Make Le Corbusier Proud

By Stephen Smith, on December 22nd, 2011

Cornell-Technion has released another “fly-over” video, this one focused on the interior. But it does shed a bit more light on what the development will look like from the ground, and it ain’t pretty – the campus will be laid out in a fairly Corbusian plan, replete with lots of concrete plazas and grassy knolls [...]

William Fischel On The Origins of Zoning

By Stephen Smith, on December 22nd, 2011

If you’ve ever done a Google Scholar search for anything zoning related, you’ll probably recognize the name William Fischel. He’s an economic historian at Dartmouth who’s written a lot about local government, and especially land use regulations. He’s got a wide-ranging paper published in 2004 called “An Economic History of Zoning and a Cure for [...]

As I Was Saying About Tech In Dumbo…

By Stephen Smith, on December 20th, 2011

The sky's the limit for Dumbo!

Last night I wrote a blog post about tech development in New York City, arguing that before the city pours money into a science campus for Cornell on Roosevelt Island, its planners should make more room for entrepreneurs in existing tech hubs like Union Square and Dumbo.

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New York’s Funny Definition Of ‘Moderate- and Middle-Income’ Housing

The North Korean Origins Of Renzo Piano’s Shard Tower

In Defense Of Land Reclamation: It Ain’t All Palm Islands!

California HSR Review Panel Recommends Against $2.7 Billion Bond Issue

Qatar’s Skyscraper Diplomacy

A Roosevelt Island Campus To Make Le Corbusier Proud

William Fischel On The Origins of Zoning

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