George Lucas gives up battle against Chicago NIMBY group that defends a parking lot
1. This week at Market Urbanism
Brent Gaisford contributed Lack of New Housing On The Westside Is Causing Gentrification Of East And South LA
There are a lot of reasons for gentrification, but the lack of new housing on the Westside deserves a lot of the blame in recent years. As we’ve discussed, social and economic changes are pulling new people into LA, many of them young and affluent. A lot of those new people would probably like to live on the Westside, but we aren’t building any places for them to go.
2. Where’s Scott?
Scott Beyer flew back Monday from Boulder to Dallas. The most surprising thing he found about the YIMBY conference was how dramatically the fight for land-use deregulation has become a progressive cause. Almost everyone there identified as liberal, and was representing cities like New York, San Francisco, Portland, Los Angeles and Seattle. This growing bipartisan consensus around zoning reform is a subject Scott will soon cover for Forbes.
3. At the Market Urbanism Facebook Group:
Jeff Andrade-Fong introduces a new YIMBY org: Tech for Housing
Roger Valdez at Forbes: Seattle Mayor’s Affordability Scheme Is More Politics, Less Helpful Change
Roger Valdez at Smart Growth Seattle: Lot Suit: City’s Motion to Dismiss Fails, Compares Housing to Porn, Drugs
Adam Milsap‘s latest at Forbes: Los Angeles’ New Manufacturing Hub Won’t Generate Innovation
Krishan Madan is curious how to respond to arguments that new housing burdens local schools
via Nolan Gray: Why the elevator could be the next great disruptive technology by Matthew Yglesias
via John Morris: Are artists abandoning NYC? (audio)
Jedediah Mackenzie Weeks wants to know what Market Urbanists think of Baltimore‘s Port Covington redevelopment proposal
via John Morris: Local Businesses Clash with the City of Portland Over Major Thoroughfare’s Road Diet
Bob McGrew wants to hear from Market Urbanists attending the Boulder YIMBY conference. (I’ll be posting something soon)
John Morris sparks several conversations about Chicago‘s inability to capitalize on its rail system to promote transit oriented development (several posts and threads)
via Nick Zaiac: “It’s not often that Cato actually publishes market urbanist friendly pieces.”
Lancer Davis Burguière introduces “Lean Urbanism,” which certainly ties in well with Market Urbanism
via Nolan Gray: What is Austrian Economics Good For? (“More market than urbanism”)
via Nick Zaiac, who says, “New Zealand seems to be getting on the congestion pricing train:” Government Warms to Auckland Road Tolls
Nick Zaiac is doing research on historic districts, and is looking for “good papers on the percentages of different (US) cities that are in historic districts”
Sam Goetz is looking for a “definitive study or article out there that really tackles the question of how / if AirBnB raises rents in cities”
via David Brickford: What’s Your Definition of Affordable Housing? Phoenix Tries To Answer
via Adam Hengels: Chicago‘s Advantages by Aaron Renn
Adam Millsap “can’t shake the idea that the success of Indianapolis, Columbus, and Minneapolis-St. Paul is in part due to them being state capitals.”
via Roger Valdez: Sure The Middle Class Is Shrinking: 30% Of Americans Are Now Too Rich To Be In The Middle Class
4. Elsewhere:
Planetizen summarized Dan Keshet‘s Three Lessons Public Transit Can Learn From Uber
“YIMBY” Movement Heats Up in Boulder – Next City
Tired of battling a NIMBY organization, George Lucas Officially Pulls Plug on Museum Plan for Chicago and shifts search to West Coast – Curbed
Chicago developers are revising plans to take advantage of a new bonus program – Curbed
The Center For State & Local Government Excellence summarizes urban America’s lousy unfunded pension situation
5. Stephen Smith‘s tweet of the week:
The alarming part isn’t that homeownership is dropping, it’s that this country severely penalizes not owning a home @ByRosenberg
— Market Urbanism (@MarketUrbanism) June 22, 2016
