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Friday photo: The pre-NIMBY era | west north
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An irregular view on cities. Friday photo: The pre-NIMBY era. Friday, 17 July 2015. Once upon a time, citizens’ leagues sought greater population as an end unto itself, knowing that more people would bring more services and more opportunities. Dallas is still famous for its boosterism, but nowadays talk of more growth will probably bring out at least a few complaints about traffic congestion. Button seen at Old Red. The Dallas County history museum.). Click to print (Opens in new window). Photo by Jesse ...
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CNU conversations: Striking before the neighborhood’s hot | west north
https://westnorth.com/2015/06/22/cnu-conversations-striking-before-the-neighborhoods-hot
An irregular view on cities. CNU conversations: Striking before the neighborhood’s hot. Monday, 22 June 2015. Yet more thoughts from our (apparently quite long) lunchtime conversation about community-building. We talked extensively about how, but where would these strategies have the greatest impact? It’s important to jump off the price escalator — to opt out of the gentrification process — early on, before outside capital floods into the neighborhood. 8220;Favored quarter” locations in gateway cit...
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Friday photo: Be careful what your zoning asks for | west north
https://westnorth.com/2015/06/05/friday-photo-be-careful-what-your-zoning-asks-for
An irregular view on cities. Friday photo: Be careful what your zoning asks for. Friday, 5 June 2015. In the Penn Quarter neighborhood, as Mark Jenkins wrote in the Washington Post. At the prime corner of 7th and F, that’s not entirely hidden — but also not exactly shouting its noble story. To the public. Yet it’s somewhat striking in that it wastes what could be prime retail space across from the National Portrait Gallery and the Verizon Center arena. The designation is so broadly written that at least ...
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“Missing Middle Housing”: missing in action for 30 years | west north
https://westnorth.com/2015/06/11/missing-middle-housing-missing-in-action-for-30-years
An irregular view on cities. 8220;Missing Middle Housing”: missing in action for 30 years. Thursday, 11 June 2015. 8220; Missing Middle Housing. 8221; refers to a broad spectrum of smaller-scale multifamily building types that occupy the middle ground between single-family detached and large apartment buildings. At its edges, the term can cover rowhouses and 5 unit apartments, but in my mind, the core of the “missing middle” are “ plexes. America’s walkable urban neighborhoods: two- and three-flats.
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An irregular view on cities. Looking for West North Machine Works. Looking for WESTNORTH Studio. I use this blog to collect and organize my thoughts on various topics, mostly in the realm of urban affairs. I often go back and refine things long after the fact, so feel free to explore further using the category listings at right. If you’re looking for photos, chances are you’ll find it at my Flickr page. The new cover photo. Was taken from the Booth Street Steps, overlooking the Milwaukee River. To say, d...
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Friday photo: Mixed residential densities vs. single-density zoning | west north
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An irregular view on cities. Friday photo: Mixed residential densities vs. single-density zoning. Friday, 10 July 2015. Monument Avenue at Belmont, Richmond, Virginia: one, two, and six-family houses, side by side, on one of America’s most famous. Euclid vs. Ambler. Was to maintain uniformly single-family districts — uniquely among any country, as Sonia Hirt. 8212; Lance Berelowitz, “Dream City” (Douglas and McIntyre, 2005), pg. 223. Click to print (Opens in new window). Arts and media (43). Wednesday, 3...
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DC built 13% less housing over the past decade than its own citywide plan calls for | west north
https://westnorth.com/2015/07/22/dc-built-13-less-housing-over-the-past-decade-than-its-own-citywide-plan-calls-for
An irregular view on cities. DC built 13% less housing over the past decade than its own citywide plan calls for. Wednesday, 22 July 2015. A version of this post. Was posted at Greater Greater Washington. Nine years ago, the District of Columbia adopted a Comprehensive Plan. To guide planning efforts throughout the city. At the time, the District’s population had just started to perk up after six decades of decline. The 2006 Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force. Yet despite all the new construction ...
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CNU conversations: Retrofitting suburbia, organically? | west north
https://westnorth.com/2015/07/07/cnu-conversations-retrofitting-suburbia-organically
An irregular view on cities. CNU conversations: Retrofitting suburbia, organically? Tuesday, 7 July 2015. The South Slope area. Just south of downtown Asheville, now known for its many breweries, had an earlier incarnation as a Motor Mile. Of auto-related businesses. Before the 1930s, it was mostly small houses. 8221; as Jane Jacobs wrote (and Margie Zeidler marvelously retells). Under Neil Smith’s “rent gap” theory of gentrification. These places are doomed to decay and decline until their higher use ju...
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