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Learning from London's Comeback
Submitted by MLewyn on Wed, 01/07/2015 - 11:40amA recent post on Citymetric.com suggests that after losing population for decades, London will soon reach its pre-World War II peak of 8.6 million people. London last achieved this population level in 1939, and lost nearly two million people after World War II, bottoming out at 6.7 million in ... read more »
Beauty and Boredom in Kansas City
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 09/08/2014 - 9:39pmEvery so often, I walk forty-five minutes to work rather than taking a bus. My walk takes me through Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood, an area full of distinguished-looking old houses on gridded streets with sidewalks. Sounds great, right?
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The Problem With The "Induced Demand" Theory of New Housing
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 10/28/2013 - 8:17pmI was arguing with an acquaintance about New York's sky-high rents, and he made an interesting argument: he suggested that new luxury housing actually makes prices higher, by making the city more desirable to the wealthy and thus encouraging them to bid up housing prices. In other words, the l... read more »
Is NYC Building Enough Housing?
Submitted by MLewyn on Tue, 10/08/2013 - 1:11pmNew York city planning director Amanda Burden recently argued that there's not much more that the city can do to make housing more affordable, claiming that the city has given out 30,000 building permits per year, yet prices have failed to go down. But in fact, New York has built housing at a ... read more »
Discovering Successful Neighborhood Elements in South Minneapolis
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Sat, 07/13/2013 - 12:40pm
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Designing a Neighborhood within a Neighborhood: A Book Review of Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Wed, 06/12/2013 - 8:28pmThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid
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Transbay Transit Center: San Francisco Builds a Visionary Transportation Hub
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 2:27pmThe following post comes courtesy of Global Site Plans' The Grid
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Oakland, California’s New Transit-Oriented Development Redefines Space
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 6:44pm
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Great Expectations: The Power of Empowering the Impoverished
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 5:06pm
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Transit-Oriented Developments are One Answer to Austin’s Growth Need
Submitted by globalsiteplans on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 5:04pm
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