On Thursday, the Massachusetts State Senate voted 23-15 to pass the zoning reform bill, S.2311, after approximately three hours of debate and amendments. 20 of the 63 amendments were adopted, with the rest either defeated or withdrawn.According to the Massachusetts Smart Growth Coalition, the … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
Market Urbanism MUsings June 11, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism Shane Phillips points the finger to a major culprit in LA's affordability problems: Keep Los Angeles Affordable By Repealing Proposition UOf the 29,000 acres zoned for commercial and industrial uses throughout LA, 70 percent saw their development … [Read more...]
Keep Los Angeles Affordable By Repealing Proposition U
In 1986, a foreshadowing of today's fight over "neighborhood integrity" was taking place, culminating in November as Los Angeles residents voted 2-to-1 to cut the development potential of thousands of parcels across the city. Of the 29,000 acres zoned for commercial and industrial uses … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism MUsings June 3, 2016
1. This week at Market Urbanism Michael Lewyn dispels some common misconceptions about Jane Jacobs And High-RisesSo I’m not sure she would have favored the common modern idea that high-rise and low-rise buildings should be segregated from each other, or that buildings of different density are … [Read more...]
Houston’s Beautiful (Yet Partial) Embrace of Market Urbanism
A metropolitan economy, if it is working well, is constantly transforming many poor people into middle-class people, many illiterates into skilled people, many greenhorns into competent citizens. … Cities don’t lure the middle class. They create it. – Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great … [Read more...]