In Seattle and Portland, where there are very good markets for residential development, Sienna convinced a variety of non-residential building owners to sell the air rights over their parking lots or roofs for housing. In Portland’s desirable and compact Northwest neighborhood, Sienna saw the par...
1960’s zoning may have made sense here at a time when NCSU had 6,500 students (the size of Elon College today), RTP was an empty promise with zero jobs, and when Wake County had fewer than 170,000 residents (the size of Pitt County today). That zoning may ...
The top ten most polluted cities on earth include six of India’s cities (IQAir 2021). Of the largest growing countries in Asia, the urbanisation of India in particular is the most environmentally alarming; with the second highest number of massive cities, almost 35% of India’s population ...
While not all of these, of course, are bad or undesirable contracts, the reality for many new staff is that they are forced to compete for ever more difficult to get temporary jobs, meaning they often have to move from place to place, with all the impacts that has on career plans, hou...
Mexico City tackles the challenges of population, commuting and air quality(Aug 2012) Traffic congestion still a serious problem for commuters in Mexico City(Sep 2011) Mexico City’s “Today you can’t drive” (Day without a Car) program, “Hoy no circula”(Nov 2013) ...
And there’s a moment in the book near the end where I’m going to invoke Jimmy Baldwin again. He has this extraordinary essay that is published after his after his death is entitled “To Crush A Serpent.” And in this in this essay, he is relentless in his critique of the Fall...
If you have one of these expensive heating as well as air devices, there are some straightforward actions you can take to aid your heating and also ac unit job efficiently. It’s easy to fall into the trap of using your heating and air to warm your residence instead of your residence. ...
Today, we are going to learn about urban farming, everything from microgreens to growing in high tunnels, as well as finding better ways to filter the air, soil, and water.Kashava Holt: Hey, how’s it going?Kenny Coogan: We’re so excited to have you. You’ve been working in the ...
Steve Jobs, technoutopianism, the built environment, The Chicago School, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, The Great Good Place, the High Line, The Spirit Level, the strength of weak ties, The Wisdom of Crowds, Thomas Malthus, trade route, traveling salesman, urban planning, urban...
calling for the use of taxation policies that prioritizes families that are rather that prioritizes working families rather than tax abatement strategies in perpetuity to build stadiums that project jobs which I’ve never quite created at the volume and at the pay rates that the models say will...