Public Policy

• Light rail stops driving property values: Dori Monson: Developers are getting insanely wealthy from middle class along light rail lines
  The article paints a negative view of this, but this only proves that demand drives the value a fixed supply (land) up
• Do Taxes Really Cause the Rich to Move? No.
• 6 Principles to Make Self-Driving Cars Work for Cities, Not Against Them
• The Braves Are Going To Ridiculous Lengths To Squeeze Every Dime Out Of Cobb County.
  The public should not pay for a private stadium. Full stop.

New York

• New York’s Sidewalks Are So Packed, Pedestrians Are Taking to the Streets
• See also: The Midtown 8th Ave Bike Lane Is A Chaotic Circus Of Dangerous Depravity
• MAS Opposes Loss of Public Space on Water Street
  Sounds boring, but taking privately operated public space which was a trade for more FAR 40 years ago, and then build on it without a transfer is a bad deal for the city.

Urban Beauty

• New Paris Metro Map
• Philly’s Beautiful Plan to Fight Crime with Neon Murals
• City drawings by Anna Gibb
• Pallet skating on a city’s trolley tracks
• Ghost Boxes: Reusing Abandoned Big-Box Superstores Across America

History

• The History of Urbanization, 3700 BC – 2000 AD
• House Housing: An Untimely History of Architecture and Real Estate
  The intersection of architecture and real estate development