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Reading Hayek in Holland

August 19, 2021 By Salim Furth

Reading Hayek in HollandPhoto by Peter FurthDuring a working vacation in the Netherlands, I had the dissonant experience of reading Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom in one of the most comprehensively planned environments on earth. Hayek’s thesis is that central economic planning displaces … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biking, corruption, Culture & Books, planning, Travel, World Tagged With: Netherlands, New Urbanism, Urban Planning

The Low-Key Housing Politics of Spider-Man

July 17, 2019 By Nolan Gray

With Spider-Man: Far From Home hitting theaters earlier this month, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has taken one of the series’ biggest risks yet: pulling Spider-Man out of New York City. The gravity of this decision is baked into the film’s title — with good reason. More than any other Marvel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Culture, housing Tagged With: affordability, housing, marvel, New York City, queens, spider-man, Urban Planning

New Video: How Zoning Laws Are Holding Back America’s Cities

September 13, 2018 By Nolan Gray

It's an understatement to say that zoning is a dry subject. But in a new video for the Institute for Humane Studies, Josh Oldham and Professor Sanford Ikeda (a regular contributor to this blog) manage to breath new life into this subject, accessibly explaining how zoning has transformed America's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: history, housing, Jane Jacobs, parking, planning, zoning Tagged With: institute for humane studies, Jane Jacobs, josh oldham, minimim lot sizes, modernist planning, robert moses, San Francisco, sandy ikdea, segregation, single-family zonign, St. Louis, Urban Planning, zoning

Some Inspiration from Guatemala

November 8, 2010 By Adam Hengels

Turn the lights down, and the volume up. It's time for some Market Urbanist media, courtesy of some future urbanist leaders who's ideas may one day liberate our cities from yesterday's unenlightened technocrats.Architecture students at Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala participated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, planning, video, zoning Tagged With: Dynamic Urban Planning, Gonzalo Melian, planning, University Francisci Marroqui, Urban Planning, video

Midnight parking round-up

October 20, 2010 By Stephen Smith

1. Donald Shoup makes up for last week with an interesting piece on how America's tax structure biases employers towards providing parking for their employees, similar to how untaxed employer-provided healthcare shapes that industry.2. Back in August Randal O'Toole asked for proof that minimum … [Read more...]

Filed Under: parking Tagged With: Donald Shoup, parking, Randal O'Toole, Stephen Smith, Urban Planning

Links and Weekend Listening

August 1, 2008 By Adam Hengels

I've been swamped in my day job, but want to share the following:The blog, Agents of Urbanism recently gave praise to Market Urbanism. Thanks Matthew! Please check out Agents of Urbanism and Life Without Buildings, who followed up on Agent of Urbanism's praise. I enjoy both blogs.Carl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, Jane Jacobs, sprawl Tagged With: Author: Sandy Ikeda, Carl Close, Fillmore District, Jane Jacobs, San Francisco, sprawl, Urban Planning, urban renewal, Urbanism

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