Remove 2006 Remove 2012 Remove 2016 Remove Security
article thumbnail

Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I first proposed to the city creating TMDs in 2005/2006. Later, as part of BicycleSpace, a bicycle facilities system integration firm, I put together a proposal for activation including a water sculpture and multiple forms of secure, special bike parking. They still haven't. I mentioned it over time. We did this in 2008 or 2009.

article thumbnail

The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

The F&F core business of securitizing and guaranteeing loans essentially takes the below-market cost of the funds raised by issuing mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which reflects the implied guarantee, and passes that subsidized cost through to primary market lenders. Growing profits by exploiting the implied guarantee. 81 trillion.

2008 88