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MarketUrbanism

  1. Urban planners, for example, hated density so much that they made it illegal.
  2. Why Do Some People Hate Urban Density? (Trying my hand at @hblodget-style journalism)
  3. @freemanonline Repeal of Prohibition: Bootleggers, Baptists, and Bandits bit.ly/LNR61s Wabi-Sabi | Ikeda
  4. Does anyone know if this (stunning!) rendering is still Richard Rogers' plan for the Barangaroo development in Sydney? bit.ly/JK7Jc3
  5. Never-built skyscrapers of prewar London: bbc.in/KLtcDI
  6. Miami-Dade foreclosures up 77% now that banks are again processing them, after stopping because of the robosigning suit bit.ly/LWkcys
  7. Looks like I'm going with MegaBus. $70 cheaper, maybe an hour longer, but the internet has a higher chance of working.
  8. Ha, you're joking, right? RT @markasaurus: @MarketUrbanism one way or round trip? #tyrannyoflowexpectations
  9. Ugh, since I posted that last tweet 4 minutes ago, the price went up to $85.
  10. Wow, same day Philly-NY Amtrak ticket for just $50?! Impressive! #tyrannyoflowexpectations
  11. "Nothing less than an act of heresy for modern architects was required – to put the ground rent back." amzn.to/KSFCIy
  12. I'm seeing subsidized devs over & over in Here's the Deal neglecting street-level retail that old, profit-bound landlords made tons of $$ on
  13. @compujeramey @alon_levy Yeah, that's what I was thinking of, but I wasn't sure if I was just making it up
  14. @alon_levy Not sure, but could it have been the Central Pacific? Or was it an eastern line?
  15. "PRR bought [Lancaster Ave/US 30] from 52nd St in Phila west to Paoli for $20k to prevent competing streetcar co's" bit.ly/KUKL1w
  16. Confusing: Pittsburgh's main train station is called both Union Station & Pennsylvania Station bit.ly/KbugkS