Showing posts with label housing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label housing. Show all posts
Thursday, October 01, 2020

Prague’s concrete paneláks aren't finished yet.

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Having grown up under the tutelage of a father who went out of his way to avoid urban areas, and this being America, my exposure to urban ...
Thursday, August 27, 2020

We Are Coming Father Abraham.

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I appreciate any author who bases an argument in the historical record. As it pertains to issues like poverty and homelessness, we find...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

The Tell-Tale Fart: This peachy "apartments at Steinert's" project may seem to be free-market capitalism, but the deal's a lot more tangled than it first appeared.

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I'd gently argue Steinert's was the building suited to be described as iconic in a way mere "used to be there" vacant ...
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Saturday, June 15, 2019

Paging Bill Allen: "Blight is eating American cities. Here’s how Mobile, Alabama, stopped it."

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Long article, good article. Blight is eating American cities. Here’s how Mobile, Alabama, stopped it , by Hana Schank ( Fast Company )...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

An idea so good that it's doomed: Metro Louisville "should turn its golf courses into walkable neighborhoods."

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We have all been here before. Experts say golf is dying, and if so, expect the redevelopment vultures to circle New Albany Springs. ...
Friday, April 26, 2019

Buttigieg, housing and homelessness? This Twitter thread by Luke Savage is a must-read.

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Luke Savage writes for Jacobin . " This week I did some research on Mayor Pete Buttigieg's administration and South Bend. The...
Wednesday, December 05, 2018

Spongebuild Squareparts: "I think accountants are designing these buildings.”

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It is a recurring question. Why do all new apartment buildings look the same? by Patrick Sisson ( Curbed ) The bland, boxy apartmen...
Thursday, October 11, 2018

Gdansk and the Falowiecs: "Can Poland’s Faded Brutalist Architecture Be Redeemed?"

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Falowiecs, Gdansk. Thanks, W. Gdansk, here we come -- well, in a bit. While other tourists remain marooned in the heart of the rebuil...
Friday, September 07, 2018

Berlin looks to Communist-era "slab buildings" to alleviate a housing shortage.

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If I seem to be a tad fascinated by the topic of post-WWII communist times in eastern/central Europe, it's because I've never bee...
Monday, June 25, 2018

"Here are three steps that would make our cities work for people of all ages."

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Jeff "Swish" Gahan takes three down the middle of the plate -- and the bat never left his shoulder. Maybe it's time for s...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: These four real estate ideas to fix a broken housing system might be considered radical. To me, that's a potent recommendation.

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“The current U.S. housing system, rooted in the commodification of land and housing and speculation, is not our only option. There are al...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

Shared points of value: "Taking Sides? With Walkability, There’s No Need."

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Given our own perennially miserable Rosenbargerian experience locally, it's an almost revolutionary idea. To get walkable places, ...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Khrushchyovka! The rise and fall of typical Soviet-era housing in Russia.

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The video here offers an "upscale" example, based on what I've seen. Khrushchyovka! Typical USSR Apartment Building. ...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Then Bob Caesar turned to no one in particular and asked, How 'm I doin'? (city council wrap).

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Did I miss something, or did the News and Tribune completely lap the Courier-Journal this week on the two-way street reversion story --...
Monday, July 11, 2016

"If we start to address segregationist policies, we may have some hope of creating fairness."

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Read about Louisville's 9th Street divide. Just one of those periodic reminders to those of you who insist on believing the playing...
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Estonia Spring Break 2016: Day Five (2 of 2), featuring a bus ride to the 'burbs and two Old Town pubs.

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(As is my custom when posting trip summaries, I'm backdating them to the actual day of occurrence. Previously:  Day Five, 1 of 2 ) ...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Securing inner ring suburbs by "moving away from the traditional suburban standards and making them adaptable."

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This article is an excellent and timely introduction to the topic of inner ring suburban neighborhoods. In New Albany's case, many (p...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

"What Should Become of America’s Slums?"

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It's hard to find just one paragraph summarizing this article, but here goes. “We take both approaches. There’s the mobility model, w...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Does Coffey covet Shanghai's "European-style ghost towns"?

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Photo credit: The article. Jumping Jehosaphat -- don't let Adam and the Redevelopmentals see this, or we'll be mowing downtown ...