A promising new blog by local planner Jonathan Law, covering Austin and the Southeast.
(H/t M1EK and Keep Austin Wonky .)
Query: Why are blogs about cities written either by urbanists or free-marketeers?
(I consider myself somewhere in the blurry intersection of the two.) Where are the blogs by Austin's traditional neighborhood activists -- i.e., the anti-density, status-quo-at-all-costs crowd?
I want to say the reason is they tend to be older and less comfortable with blogging,...
Links
Two to pass along:NeoHouston has a great piece comparing the street interfaces of good urbanism and bad urbanism, with a nice use of Houston projects to illustrate his point.Julio Gonzalez at...
Links
Two to pass along:NeoHouston has a great piece comparing the street interfaces of good urbanism and bad urbanism, with a nice use of Houston projects to illustrate his point.Julio Gonzalez at...
Updates
1. Like AC, I'm adding the new blog Keep Austin Wonky to my list. Welcome. 2. This article from AC is actually making me nauseous as I contemplate the damage that will be done to our city in...
Dictating homeownership
Developers are frequently criticized for failing to provide community benefits. This is sometimes a fair criticism. But neighborhoods often deserve the same: they have no incentive to...
Dictating homeownership
Developers are frequently criticized for failing to provide community benefits. This is sometimes a fair criticism. But neighborhoods often deserve the same: they have no incentive to...
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