Chris
@chrisbybikes.bsky.social
Los Angeles. Dad of 3. Bike commuter. Bike dad. Yimby. Union teacher.
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What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Downzoning Chicago: How Local Land Use Policy Has Reduced Housing Construction and Reinforced Segregation | Published in Findings
By Yonah Freemark, George Kisiel. Downzonings were used by US cities in the postwar period to preserve neighborhood character. These land-use policies were associated with lower housing supply, higher...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What happens when you downzone?
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
Our new open-access research paper in @findingspress.org investigates effects of decades of downzoning in Chicago.
Findings:
—Downzoned areas added 1/7th of the new units as comparable non-downzoned areas;
—Downzoned areas became more white & were more expensive.
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Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Learning that Annemarie Gray (no relation) of Open New York, NYC's YIMBY group, has been appointed to Mayor-elect Mamdani's housing transition team. This is FANTASTIC news!
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Don’t want to @ the person and get into it but I’ve been thinking about the “Housing may be expensive in a lot of places but it’s not a national crisis” argument. It’s a bit like saying we don’t have a national opioid crisis because there are a lot of places where it’s not that much of a problem.
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Don’t want to @ the person and get into it but I’ve been thinking about the “Housing may be expensive in a lot of places but it’s not a national crisis” argument. It’s a bit like saying we don’t have a national opioid crisis because there are a lot of places where it’s not that much of a problem.
I just listened to a quick news report on this on KCRW. Housing posting to policy In action!
With a unanimous city council vote, Culver City becomes California's first city to allow taller single-stair buildings
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November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I just listened to a quick news report on this on KCRW. Housing posting to policy In action!
A bold take from a leader who always had the courage to upzone single family neighborhoods
The real story of the upzoning debate in SF right now is that the mayor and the YIMBY supervisors don’t have the courage (or interest) to take on wealthy single family home owners in rich white neighborhoods (upzone Pac Heights, etc) so they are upzoning demolitions of rent controlled homes instead.
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
A bold take from a leader who always had the courage to upzone single family neighborhoods
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love a single stair small-plex w/ livable homes on a hill w/ steep slope
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SBS16 apartment Building in Zurich | Dürig AG | Archello
The stacking of complementary apartment typologies forms the architectural framework of the project, with each expressed through its own volumetry. Continuou...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
love a single stair small-plex w/ livable homes on a hill w/ steep slope
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I suspect some of it is envy on backing the wrong horse. Take Dean Preston. If he had a YIMBY stance on housing and kept every other policy the same, he would be San Francisco’s mayor right now. He just didn’t have the guts to take on entrenched money interests like Mamdani.
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Yes!
Abolish Border Patrol.
Trump deportation agent: "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yes!
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We cannot welcome foreigners and refugees into our communities when we refuse to let anyone build new homes.
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
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'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We cannot welcome foreigners and refugees into our communities when we refuse to let anyone build new homes.
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For decades, a prime but isolated corner parking lot at 4th & Broadway in Denver's Baker neighborhood was too small for traditional development.
Thanks to Denver's forthcoming single-stair code updates, KGA Architects is proposing a 5-story single-stair apt on this "forgotten lot"
Thanks to Denver's forthcoming single-stair code updates, KGA Architects is proposing a 5-story single-stair apt on this "forgotten lot"
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For decades, a prime but isolated corner parking lot at 4th & Broadway in Denver's Baker neighborhood was too small for traditional development.
Thanks to Denver's forthcoming single-stair code updates, KGA Architects is proposing a 5-story single-stair apt on this "forgotten lot"
Thanks to Denver's forthcoming single-stair code updates, KGA Architects is proposing a 5-story single-stair apt on this "forgotten lot"
I love the outdoor stairs. This would be fantastic for LA.
We could panelize it and assemble the whole thing with mass timber
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I love the outdoor stairs. This would be fantastic for LA.
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Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.
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“The higher the exposure to PM2.5, the greater the extent of Alzheimer’s disease."
What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain
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November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“The higher the exposure to PM2.5, the greater the extent of Alzheimer’s disease."
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Next, a rep from the plumbers union is here (it sounds like?) in support. He talks about how many of his friends have been forced out, and that we need more housing in the city.
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Next, a rep from the plumbers union is here (it sounds like?) in support. He talks about how many of his friends have been forced out, and that we need more housing in the city.
The fireworks have begun, literally
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
The fireworks have begun, literally
Will Dodger fans be too emotionally drained to burn buses if we win this?
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Will Dodger fans be too emotionally drained to burn buses if we win this?
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My favorite Zohran moment of this campaign. And why, more generally, he won:
June 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My favorite Zohran moment of this campaign. And why, more generally, he won:
Quick reminder to check your kids' Halloween candy tonight. We found sharrows in there last year. Spooky!
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Quick reminder to check your kids' Halloween candy tonight. We found sharrows in there last year. Spooky!
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Mexican immigration was basically the only thing that kept Chicago's population from completely cratering after 1970. We as a city owe our Mexican-American neighbors a huge debt of gratitude.
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Mexican immigration was basically the only thing that kept Chicago's population from completely cratering after 1970. We as a city owe our Mexican-American neighbors a huge debt of gratitude.
Would a vacancy tax on Commercial real estate work? SF seems to have one. Is it doing anything?
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Would a vacancy tax on Commercial real estate work? SF seems to have one. Is it doing anything?
Maybe I'm inviting a pile on, but what do...they mean by Zionist these days? Like if someone believes in a 2 state solution, are they Zionist? What is their test for for this?
October 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Maybe I'm inviting a pile on, but what do...they mean by Zionist these days? Like if someone believes in a 2 state solution, are they Zionist? What is their test for for this?
This is another excellent piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social. I don't think I would've predicted how much we are overbuilding large bedroom housing to smaller housing even as household size shift and everyone complains "we don't need more luxury studios." It does in fact look like we need more.
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is another excellent piece from @ebwhamilton.bsky.social. I don't think I would've predicted how much we are overbuilding large bedroom housing to smaller housing even as household size shift and everyone complains "we don't need more luxury studios." It does in fact look like we need more.
These two are the exceptions to the rule.
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
These two are the exceptions to the rule.
Imagine Ohtani walking to work here
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Imagine Ohtani walking to work here