Messages
2/22/2022
14 : 4
I Floss My Teeth With a 8-Track Tape
Thoughts on "design DNA"
2/21/2022
14 : 4
Breaking the Fever
Getting to the heart of what's wrong with a certain strain of conservative pandemic commentary
2/19/2022
14 : 4
What is NIMBYism?
Looking not for descriptions, but for history
2/18/2022
14 : 4
New and Old #45
Friday roundup and commentary
2/17/2022
14 : 4
The Edge of the World
How cars expand and shrink the built environment
2/16/2022
14 : 4
"Excuse Me, Where's the Car Aisle?"
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #45
2/14/2022
14 : 4
NIMBYism, Cassette Tapes, Nostalgia, and the Future
An uncannily familiar debate over something totally unrelated to housing or development
2/7/2022
14 : 4
Occoquan, Virginia's Embrace of Old and New
The small town balances a strong historic aesthetic with lots of new construction
2/3/2022
14 : 4
SUVs and Malt Beverages
Consumer demand and regulation create strange offspring
1/25/2022
14 : 4
What Does Remote Work Do To Cities?
A quick post asking for your opinion
1/22/2022
14 : 4
The Reasonableness of Banning Cars
Maybe, in a few places
1/21/2022
14 : 4
New and Old #41
Friday roundup and commentary
1/20/2022
14 : 4
What a Strip Mall Can Be
Northern Virginia's Eden Center is neither standard sprawl nor modern redevelopment
1/19/2022
14 : 4
Olive and Other Oils
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #41
1/18/2022
14 : 4
A Wide, Wide Road Revisited
When weather humbles the work of traffic engineers
1/17/2022
14 : 4
Still Renting After All These Years
Thoughts on the generational aspect of our housing crisis
1/15/2022
14 : 4
Preserved by Abandonment
An ordinary, stunning find in old suburbia
1/14/2022
14 : 4
New and Old #40
Friday roundup and commentary
1/13/2022
15 : 30
An Old Movie
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #40
1/13/2022
15 : 24
Is Zoning a Contract?
The idea that zoning is a future promise to arrest all change is radical