Librarian.net

JANUARY 2, 2023

Previous librarian.net summaries: 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 , 2004. I’m also retiring my “people of color/non-Western” category only because it relies too much on surface impressions/names. average read per month: 12.

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2022 Books 2005 2006 52

Librarian.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’ve been actively seeking out non-binary authors and trying to read print a little more. average read per month: 9.5 average read per week: 2.2 The always-updated booklist, going back to 1997, lives at jessamyn.info/booklist and it has its own RSS feed.

2023 52

2023 Books 2005 2006 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). Since the two companies had $90B of net worth 12 as of 2022 Q2, that strongly suggests that the need for a government rescue this time around is extremely remote.

2007 52

2007 2009 2008 Housing 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 27, 2024

I've written about relocation of DC government agencies over the years as a misguided economic development strategy (" The Reeves Center Myth Revisited ," 2011, " Office Buildings Won't Save Anacostia ," 2005).

2007 52

2007 Development 2014 Economic Development 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But the failures in planning extend beyond DC (" Silver Line Metro expansion a classic example of the need to have true regional transportation planning ," 2011). Intriguingly, the proposal was for a double stacked tunnel, which would have allowed for express service too. Extending the Silver Line to Leesburg.

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Elected Officials Transportation 2011 Sustainability 52