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Implications and Geography of Office to Housing Conversions

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

On February 28th, 2023, Mark Willis, the NYU Furman Center’s Senior Policy Fellow, testified at a City Council Oversight Hearing on Residential Conversions of Office Buildings. This post describes three resources to help inform the debate.

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Improving the food system related host/ess gifts for Thanksgiving

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Previous year's entries discussed issues like "Native Americans and the Pilgrims," takings of land, etc. (" Happy Thanksgiving: Stay Home! ") and food security (" Happy Thanksgiving "). Restaurants are still closing in 2023. Pandemic: Cooking at home. The pandemic shifted how we eat at least for a time.

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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. 4] See Bloomberg’s article from Dec 20, 2023, “A $1.3

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nina Berman , Homeland Security Advisory Billboard, Country Club Hills, IL, 2008, from the Homeland series. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy).

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nina Berman , Homeland Security Advisory Billboard, Country Club Hills, IL, 2008, from the Homeland series. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy).