Showing posts with label urban density. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban density. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The imperative of infill: The first candidate to say something coherent about it might just get my vote.

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Yes, Team Gahan can harness TIF and political patronage to incentivize large infill projects like Breakwater and Lancaster Lofts, but what w...
Friday, March 08, 2019

"Strong Towns is taking an in-depth look at the land tax and how it can incentivize a healthier, more resilient pattern of growth and reinvestment in cities."

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Why these spaces stay red. This week Strong Towns has started a series of articles pointing to the disadvantages of property taxation ...
Sunday, November 18, 2018

Forget the chain envy. What New Albany needs downtown is people living there, that's what. What's the plan, planners?

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There will be a merchant meeting this Tuesday morning. Since I've criticized Develop New Albany in the past for failing the transparency...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

Begging for density -- or, a city council meeting recap for Thursday, March 15, and the case for liquor as proper vaccine.

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I live in a country that chronically devalues, denigrates and under-funds social services — or, if you will, the safety net. Then, negl...
Friday, December 22, 2017

Befuddlement at the news as strange council bedfellows unite to defeat West Street Mews.

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The News and Tribune's Chris Morris recorded the quote as 6th district council representative Scott Blair tried to explain his oppos...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

"Making better use of the tremendous adaptive potential of under-used existing buildings is a proven way forward."

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Photo credit : Kőszeg, Hungary 2009 ( and 1987 ) Looking at the photo, this quote from the article seems relevant. "Even in our...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

"In light of the United States’ century-long war on low-income housing, it’s something of a miracle that trailer parks survive."

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This week's trophy for counter-intuitive statements goes to Gray's sentence: "By combining these liberal land-use regulati...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Downtown housing? "People increasingly want to live by such amenities" as Specked-out complete streets.

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Roger, when are you going to write about something other than transportation infrastructure? I do, and I will, but what should be eviden...
Friday, April 06, 2012

Urban density: “We really are kind of preachy, because we know it works.”

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Thanks to council member  John Gonder , who links to this article at his blog. Line to remember: "Cities, (Joe) Minicozzi laments, ar...