Urbanexus Update - Issue #4
Urbanexus Update - Issue #4
Please scroll down for my weekly collection of articles, documents, images, tweets, and videos about opportunities and challenges to advance equitable and sustainable land management and real estate development within and beyond metropolitan regions.(NOTE: Publishers of some items may limit access to non-subscribers)
Missing middle housing: Form and scale matter The "missing middle" opens lines of communication about diverse housing choices that are compatible in form and scale with detached, single-family homes in walkable neighborhoods.
Can Tucson, Arizona bring back its Miracle Mile? When Interstate 10 was completed in 1961, the Miracle Mile began to decline as tourists bypassed the area. Now, Tucson is betting on a resurgence.
Expediting housing for unhoused persons
The City of Los Angeles acts to expedite delivery of housing for an expanding homeless population.
Housing cars vs. housing people
Legislation allowing for more parking-free development, which was passed by the Seattle City Council on April 2, 2018, sparked heated debate.
The average American is better off now than four decades ago
Estimates of income growth vary greatly depending on methodology.
A hyperloop form of transportation may become reality, but it will take awhile to perfect the technology. And Elon Musk's company might not be first to market.
Privileged people can reduce the negative Impact of gentrification — everydayfeminism.com
What many of us see is a subtle, nuanced version of gentrification, in which not every change is bad and there aren’t any obvious heroes or villains. But just because something doesn’t look like a problem doesn’t mean it’s not a problem.
Acquittals and soft sentences for the armed occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
High County News posted on April 12, 2018, an article by Tay Wiles reporting on the disposition of court cases stemming from the armed occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January and February 2016.
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From Twitter
Heather Long, economics correspondent for @washingtonpost explains "Why America’s return to $1 trillion deficits is a big problem for all of us.
The transit-proximate housing legislation (SB 827) proposed for California by @Scott_Wiener establishes some standards for local planning and zoning around public transportation but retains significant local control over land use and development
Some Sears stores could be sold through an online auction platform called Real Insight Marketplace
Nine blocks of Broadway in New York City's Midtown Manhattan are experiencing significant storefront vacancies.