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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In Brooklyn and parts of Queens, rent is at least 10 to 15 percent higher than it was in March 2020.) The discussion of Equinox and Brooklyn Army Terminal also covers community building and camaraderie amongst the artists, sharing equipment and help depending on needs, organizing events, etc.

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What is the competitive advantage for the post-covid city? Doubling down on place values

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The kinds of initiatives that helped cities revived need to be reassessed and further strengthened and extended and revised for today's circumstances Along these lines, at the beginning of the pandemic, I wrote this piece, " From more space to socially distance to a systematic program for pedestrian districts (Park City (Utah) Main Street Car Free (..)

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the WBJ : “I think that Chinatown will be fine even if the Verizon Center is moved,” said Ed McMahon, a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute. Because downtown D.C. has come back to life.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

“Cities were more likely to change their local zoning in 2021 compared with 2014 – and to do so more dramatically,” they wrote. But after the reforms were passed, the next planning cycle in 2021 saw the total jump to 2.5 Those targets were spread more equitably among different communities, too. million units.

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