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One wonders: how did Haussmann get his variances for stormwater, stepbacks and parking?

#paris #urbanism #design #tradition #architecture
The @triblogblog liveblog of Chapel HIll's #housing debate is pretty interesting:
There seems to be fewer young people. So many of the comments are "I want my kids to be able to afford to live here", which is not a pro-housing testimony you hear a...
It's so frickin' easy to design a decent urban building.
An equitable Durham would produce TEN of these every year. In the last century-, we've built close to ZERO. https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2023/05/10/boutique-hotel-coming-to-the-battery-ii.html
MOTHER JONES went full #YIMBY this week. @billmckibben in @MotherJones:

"Imagine a community considering a new wind turbine or solar farm, or thinking about denser housing along transit corridors......
The lengths people will go to prevent affordable housing in their community is TRULY incredible.
Durham would currently score a 7, and will vote soon to become a 9.
It could be a pure 10, but #3 (1-4 family IRC reform) can only be done at the state level. This reform would have done more for affordable housing than any other, but was killed off by the @NCLeague in 2021.
Intentional micro-communities will be a major characteristic of #Durham development moving forward. Learn about one of the best (@DurhamCoHo) at their virtual open house May 6 11am.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvlB3vL4P53_FWxIrh9idwYHnVPamFppCKZvl-2sjJ45oDNA/viewform
The Mosaic House has the same vibe as St. Louis' @citymuseum, an organic industrial playground developed by Bob Cassilly, the cousin of #Durham architect Ellen Cassilly.
#Durham is the perfect place to allow churches to once again, provide through the creation of homes.”
 
-Evan Bille
<a href="http://PublicGoods.substack.com" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://PublicGoods.substack.com
“This SCAD amendment exemplifies how the churches can be a vehicle for pro-housing policies in cities. We have a calling to create a diversity of housing options that offer abundance where there is currently scarcity…
"...We are committed to addressing the needs of the Durham community and social justice. Our church sits on a large site that has the potential to serve our congregation and community in a number of different ways."
"The SCAD text amendment would open up opportunities for us to build affordable housing, elderly communities, or housing that could support our other efforts to benefit the community. We support the adoption of the SCAD text amendment to #Durham’s UDO...

- Pastoral Council Chair
Of course, you don't need to bother with segregation if you just eliminate the people you wish to segregate.
If you want to know how zoning perpetuates segregation, read this piece on Chapel Hill tactics.
And keep in mind that Durham's loudest anti-housing voice advocates to make Durham "more like Chapel...
It feels like @RDU is going to take the best airline terminal in America, and
1) make it worse
2) put it into multi-year construction zone
3) incur a greater expense than just building a shiny new Terminal 3 to the East.