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Democracy at Work: Seattle Passes Pro- and Anti-Density Bills in the Same...
As an example of how fickle (or consistently NIMBY-ish) people can be when it comes to zoning and density, the Seattle City Council passed two measures today – one limiting the densities of certain...
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Cubix, San Francisco: Housing Before its Time.
Cubix Micro-apartments in SoMa, San Francisco. Via Creative Commons / Dave Fayram Cubix is an apartment complex in the Soma neighborhood of San Francisco. Developed by HausBau, It consists of 98...
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The “End” of Suburbia Debate in the NYTimes
Suburban Sprawl outside Phoenix, AZ. Via Wikimedia/Creative Commons. There was an article in the New York Times last week covering the current debate over the direction suburban sprawl is taking: Is...
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Iwan Baan: Ingenious Homes in Unexpected Places
As a counter to many of the projects covered thus far in, this TED Talk by photographer Iwan Baan delivers some much-needed perspective on planning, housing, design, human ingenuity, and normalcy....
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How Does Airbnb Affect Your City?
Lobby of Airbnb’s new diggs in San Francisco. There is a sweet, multi-story Living Wall on one side. Airbnb has been on my radar lately as a growing variable in city housing discussions. A few weeks...
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Statistical Snapshot: Gentrification / Seattle is #2!
A storefront in the Ballard, one of the visibly-fastest-growing neighborhoods in Seattle. Photo via Creative Commons / Jay Cox. Boston and Seattle are the two US cities that have gentrified the most...
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