What City Observatory did this week 1. Nattering nabobs of NIMBYism at the New York Times. Columnist Tim Egan called plans for a limited upzoning to enable more people to live in Seattle an unholy
The Week Observed, July 20, 2018 Read Post »
How we embrace socialism for car storage in the public right of way Comrades, rejoice:Â In the face of the counter-revolutionary neo-liberal onslaught, there’s at least one arena where the people’s inalienable rights reign supreme:Â
Parking: Where we embrace socialism in the US Read Post »
Denouncing developers and density is no way to solve a housing crisis Editor’s Note:Â Today we’re publishing a guest commentary from Ethan Seltzer responding to New York Times columnist Tim Egan’s recent column on housing
Nattering Nabobs of NIMBYism at the NYT Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Don’t demonize cars, just stop subsidizing them. Is there anything in the urban space that is more inflamed than the passion and rhetoric around cars and driving? Advocates
The Week Observed, July 13, 2018 Read Post »
Build expensive new “luxury” apartments, and wait a few decades One of the most common refrains the the affordable housing discussion is “developers are targeting the high end of the market” and new apartments are
How luxury housing becomes affordable Read Post »
What aspects of the built environment give rise to greater social trust? We’re pleased to offer a guest commentary today from Em Friedenberg. Em is a recent graduate of the University of Oregon, who’s studied
Envisioning more cohesive communities Read Post »
