Philly’s University City: The urban challenge in a nutshell The knowledge economy . . . tax breaks . . . NIMBYism . . . gentrification . . . Amazon’s HQ2 . . . high speed
Philadelphia’s urban policy harmonic convergence Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. We disagree with the Washington Post on housing economics. Two weeks ago, the Washington Post published an article claiming that rents were going down for higher income renters
The Week Observed, August 17, 2018 Read Post »
Rural and small town America faces some tough odds In an article entitled: “How to save the Troubled American Heartland,” Bloomberg’s very smart Noah Smith shares his thoughts on how to revive the smaller towns
Whither small towns? Wither small towns? Read Post »
Gentrification Debates Without Gentrification? By Todd Swanstrom Editor’s note: We’re pleased to offer a guest commentary from Todd Swanstrom. Todd is the Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri
Is St. Louis Gentrifying? Read Post »
Contrary to what you think you may have read in last week’s Washington Post, rental housing markets at all levels still conform to the laws of supply and demand Monday’s Washington Post ran a provocative
We disagree with the Washington Post about housing economics Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Jason Segedy on gentrification. This week we feature a guest column from Akron planning director Jason Segedy. You can’t build new housing in any existing neighborhood, it seems,
The Week Observed, August 10, 2018 Read Post »
