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London rejects a version of The Sphere

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo: ©FMGB, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2017. But it's hard for a locally elected Mayor to buck the people who vote, and make such a pathbreaking long term decision. The Guggenheim Bilbao is sculptural and architecturally forward. It has sparked a great deal of "architourism" to the city.

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

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

” In their research, Monkkonen and his colleagues evaluated California’s 2017 and 2018 reforms to address issues in the state’s “fair share” system. Ramapo is unusual because its large Orthodox voting bloc was more enthusiastic about housing growth than most suburbanites.

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What is government for?

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

trillion American Rescue Plan without any Republican votes. Even before that, at least 26 Republicans were touting the benefits of the measure to their constituents while neglecting to mention they voted against it. It also will move corporate taxation from the 21% established by the 2017 tax cut up to about 28%. (It

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Elections

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

In the 2017 and 2019 elections, I thought Democratic wins in Virginia presaged a lot more. A Republican won the governorship in 2021 and that was a shock although Ralph Youngkin ran a better campaign than former Governor Terry McAuliffe along with lower Democratic turnout.