Daniel Trubman
@danieltrubman.bsky.social
Who wants to grab a beer and talk about land-use regulations and building codes?
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A few decades ago there was some really exquisite looking cookie-cutter housing on these lots on the north side of the 300 block of W 126th St in Harlem.
Could we build housing here again?
Is "fenced off lot for much of the year" really the highest and best use here today?
Could we build housing here again?
Is "fenced off lot for much of the year" really the highest and best use here today?
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A few decades ago there was some really exquisite looking cookie-cutter housing on these lots on the north side of the 300 block of W 126th St in Harlem.
Could we build housing here again?
Is "fenced off lot for much of the year" really the highest and best use here today?
Could we build housing here again?
Is "fenced off lot for much of the year" really the highest and best use here today?
Reposted by Daniel Trubman
Vancouver's proposed single stair code is a bit different from anywhere else, in that it focuses on external stairs, and allows 6 units on the first 3 floors.
Vancouver also has fairly deep (122') lots in much of the city.
It's an interesting design challenge vs status quo massing.
Vancouver also has fairly deep (122') lots in much of the city.
It's an interesting design challenge vs status quo massing.
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Vancouver's proposed single stair code is a bit different from anywhere else, in that it focuses on external stairs, and allows 6 units on the first 3 floors.
Vancouver also has fairly deep (122') lots in much of the city.
It's an interesting design challenge vs status quo massing.
Vancouver also has fairly deep (122') lots in much of the city.
It's an interesting design challenge vs status quo massing.
Iowa City eliminating transit fares might be a useful case study for other college towns, but no, NYC should not be looking at the 5th biggest municipality in Iowa for how to run and finance transit in a real city.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Iowa City eliminating transit fares might be a useful case study for other college towns, but no, NYC should not be looking at the 5th biggest municipality in Iowa for how to run and finance transit in a real city.
Reposted by Daniel Trubman
Hard to see how we're going to greatly expand publicly-owned social housing if housing authorities like Philadelphia Housing Authority can't bring down the costs of maintaining their properties.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hard to see how we're going to greatly expand publicly-owned social housing if housing authorities like Philadelphia Housing Authority can't bring down the costs of maintaining their properties.
Refreshing to see the CEO of the Philadelphia Housing Authority reiterate providing housing is their mission, not jobs.
More important than ever for housing agencies to keep their priorities straight with federal housing dollars getting scarce.
More important than ever for housing agencies to keep their priorities straight with federal housing dollars getting scarce.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Refreshing to see the CEO of the Philadelphia Housing Authority reiterate providing housing is their mission, not jobs.
More important than ever for housing agencies to keep their priorities straight with federal housing dollars getting scarce.
More important than ever for housing agencies to keep their priorities straight with federal housing dollars getting scarce.
It's great when a sidewalk is wide enough for some street trees.
Wide enough for MULTIPLE rows of trees is even better.
Wide enough for MULTIPLE rows of trees is even better.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's great when a sidewalk is wide enough for some street trees.
Wide enough for MULTIPLE rows of trees is even better.
Wide enough for MULTIPLE rows of trees is even better.
In the 1940s there was a 4 story residential building at 330 Saint Nicholas Avenue, but for the next few months the parcel will be locked up, inaccessible to Harlem residents like me.
If this transit-oriented site isn't going to be social housing, could it at least be a real park?
If this transit-oriented site isn't going to be social housing, could it at least be a real park?
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In the 1940s there was a 4 story residential building at 330 Saint Nicholas Avenue, but for the next few months the parcel will be locked up, inaccessible to Harlem residents like me.
If this transit-oriented site isn't going to be social housing, could it at least be a real park?
If this transit-oriented site isn't going to be social housing, could it at least be a real park?
Why does Greenwich Village have so many locked up pocket parks??
I've got a cup of coffee and some time to kill: let me hangout in the cute little park on this charming autumn morning!
I've got a cup of coffee and some time to kill: let me hangout in the cute little park on this charming autumn morning!
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Why does Greenwich Village have so many locked up pocket parks??
I've got a cup of coffee and some time to kill: let me hangout in the cute little park on this charming autumn morning!
I've got a cup of coffee and some time to kill: let me hangout in the cute little park on this charming autumn morning!
Love to see Samuel Stein pointing out property tax reform in NYC could help with the expense side for rent stabilized buildings at this Furman Center policy breakfast.
Could explain why Mamdani is talking about reform, but doesn't mean Hochul will be interested before her election.
Could explain why Mamdani is talking about reform, but doesn't mean Hochul will be interested before her election.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Love to see Samuel Stein pointing out property tax reform in NYC could help with the expense side for rent stabilized buildings at this Furman Center policy breakfast.
Could explain why Mamdani is talking about reform, but doesn't mean Hochul will be interested before her election.
Could explain why Mamdani is talking about reform, but doesn't mean Hochul will be interested before her election.
How many European cities have a better skyline than North Jersey? No way it's more than half a dozen, right?!
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
How many European cities have a better skyline than North Jersey? No way it's more than half a dozen, right?!
Cities tolerating excessive honking by drivers is unfortunately a strike against living in dense neighborhoods.
Most residents on my block don't own a car, but if one driver is inconvenienced even temporarily by double-parking the noise becomes a problem for all of us.
Most residents on my block don't own a car, but if one driver is inconvenienced even temporarily by double-parking the noise becomes a problem for all of us.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Cities tolerating excessive honking by drivers is unfortunately a strike against living in dense neighborhoods.
Most residents on my block don't own a car, but if one driver is inconvenienced even temporarily by double-parking the noise becomes a problem for all of us.
Most residents on my block don't own a car, but if one driver is inconvenienced even temporarily by double-parking the noise becomes a problem for all of us.
Independence Mall is a big empty space with frankly off-putting vibes at night. It used to be a dense mixed-use neighborhood, but now it (and the surrounding federal buildings) produce no night time ridership. What a failed urban renewal mistake.
6abc.com/post/man-sta...
6abc.com/post/man-sta...
Man stabbed on SEPTA's 5th Street Station platform near Independence Mall
Police are searching for the suspect who stabbed a man on a westbound SEPTA platform Monday night.
6abc.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Independence Mall is a big empty space with frankly off-putting vibes at night. It used to be a dense mixed-use neighborhood, but now it (and the surrounding federal buildings) produce no night time ridership. What a failed urban renewal mistake.
6abc.com/post/man-sta...
6abc.com/post/man-sta...
Great op-ed from the NY Daily News editorial board about how important it is for @governor.ny.gov to veto the mandatory subway overstaffing bill.
If even the NYC subway system is a jobs program before a mobility service transit in the USA is truly doomed.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/v...
If even the NYC subway system is a jobs program before a mobility service transit in the USA is truly doomed.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/v...
Veto this subway featherbedding: Hochul must stop Legislature’s effort to force the use of two-person crews
Gov. Hochul has until the end of the year to veto a stupid bill that never should have been passed that requires two-person crews on every subway train. Guv, ready your veto pen for whenever the sp…
www.nydailynews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Great op-ed from the NY Daily News editorial board about how important it is for @governor.ny.gov to veto the mandatory subway overstaffing bill.
If even the NYC subway system is a jobs program before a mobility service transit in the USA is truly doomed.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/v...
If even the NYC subway system is a jobs program before a mobility service transit in the USA is truly doomed.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/v...
NIMBYs complaining about tall buildings ruining nearby parks always sounds so silly to me.
I don't think any of the kids playing at the Vincent F. Albano Jr Playground really mind.
I don't think any of the kids playing at the Vincent F. Albano Jr Playground really mind.
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
NIMBYs complaining about tall buildings ruining nearby parks always sounds so silly to me.
I don't think any of the kids playing at the Vincent F. Albano Jr Playground really mind.
I don't think any of the kids playing at the Vincent F. Albano Jr Playground really mind.
I was disappointed (if not surprised) to see a tire shop only a block away from the Neck Road subway station in Homecrest, Brooklyn.
But looking up old municipal records and this corner has been an auto shop since at least ~1940.
Just a century of transit oriented auto-infrastructure.
But looking up old municipal records and this corner has been an auto shop since at least ~1940.
Just a century of transit oriented auto-infrastructure.
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I was disappointed (if not surprised) to see a tire shop only a block away from the Neck Road subway station in Homecrest, Brooklyn.
But looking up old municipal records and this corner has been an auto shop since at least ~1940.
Just a century of transit oriented auto-infrastructure.
But looking up old municipal records and this corner has been an auto shop since at least ~1940.
Just a century of transit oriented auto-infrastructure.
The Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia absolutely LOOMS over the surrounding buildings in the early 20th century, and I love her for it.
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia absolutely LOOMS over the surrounding buildings in the early 20th century, and I love her for it.
Why is there a municipal parking lot right in-between 2 subway stations in Bensonhurst?
There used to be businesses and mixed-use buildings here, so maybe we should try that again?
There used to be businesses and mixed-use buildings here, so maybe we should try that again?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Why is there a municipal parking lot right in-between 2 subway stations in Bensonhurst?
There used to be businesses and mixed-use buildings here, so maybe we should try that again?
There used to be businesses and mixed-use buildings here, so maybe we should try that again?
I really enjoyed this photo (Public Transit Areas #12, 1980) by Anthony Hernandez at the Met.
As unimpressed as the bust stop in LA may be, at least it has some seating. Bench might not be much, but it's certainly better than nothing.
Unfortunately LA has lost this technology.
As unimpressed as the bust stop in LA may be, at least it has some seating. Bench might not be much, but it's certainly better than nothing.
Unfortunately LA has lost this technology.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I really enjoyed this photo (Public Transit Areas #12, 1980) by Anthony Hernandez at the Met.
As unimpressed as the bust stop in LA may be, at least it has some seating. Bench might not be much, but it's certainly better than nothing.
Unfortunately LA has lost this technology.
As unimpressed as the bust stop in LA may be, at least it has some seating. Bench might not be much, but it's certainly better than nothing.
Unfortunately LA has lost this technology.
Perplexing to me how many single-story buildings you see from subway platforms in NYC, like all of the restaurants & retail near the 36 Ave station in Queens.
Maybe if there was more transit-oriented development then weekend headways on the N train wouldn't be so mediocre?
Maybe if there was more transit-oriented development then weekend headways on the N train wouldn't be so mediocre?
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Perplexing to me how many single-story buildings you see from subway platforms in NYC, like all of the restaurants & retail near the 36 Ave station in Queens.
Maybe if there was more transit-oriented development then weekend headways on the N train wouldn't be so mediocre?
Maybe if there was more transit-oriented development then weekend headways on the N train wouldn't be so mediocre?
SEPTA's Regional Rail system is just straight up collapsing to the point where they're canceling trips 24 hours out.
Not too long ago Philadelphia's transit peers were Boston, Chicago, and DC. So sad to see it descending down to "still better than Atlanta or Baltimore" levels.
Not too long ago Philadelphia's transit peers were Boston, Chicago, and DC. So sad to see it descending down to "still better than Atlanta or Baltimore" levels.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
SEPTA's Regional Rail system is just straight up collapsing to the point where they're canceling trips 24 hours out.
Not too long ago Philadelphia's transit peers were Boston, Chicago, and DC. So sad to see it descending down to "still better than Atlanta or Baltimore" levels.
Not too long ago Philadelphia's transit peers were Boston, Chicago, and DC. So sad to see it descending down to "still better than Atlanta or Baltimore" levels.
Not gonna lie, I enjoyed just watching a bunch of attempted fare-evaders miss the train because nobody opened the emergency gate for them.
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Not gonna lie, I enjoyed just watching a bunch of attempted fare-evaders miss the train because nobody opened the emergency gate for them.
Walking through Central Park during a stormy evening is worth it just for the views of the skyscrapers. Just need a few more pencil towers to really balance out the skyline.
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Walking through Central Park during a stormy evening is worth it just for the views of the skyscrapers. Just need a few more pencil towers to really balance out the skyline.
These 4 or 5 cops couldn't bother to look up from their phones as half a dozen scoundrels rushed through the open emergency door.
The MTA would be better off paying for more of the contracted guards; they actually seem to take their job seriously and keep the trouble-makers out.
The MTA would be better off paying for more of the contracted guards; they actually seem to take their job seriously and keep the trouble-makers out.
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
These 4 or 5 cops couldn't bother to look up from their phones as half a dozen scoundrels rushed through the open emergency door.
The MTA would be better off paying for more of the contracted guards; they actually seem to take their job seriously and keep the trouble-makers out.
The MTA would be better off paying for more of the contracted guards; they actually seem to take their job seriously and keep the trouble-makers out.
Weekend headways like this to accommodate track maintenance really has to make you wonder if just shutting down overnight to get work done wouldn't be a better alternative 🤔
Would be an easier sell if alternative bus service wasn't usually inconvenient & dreadfully slow.
Would be an easier sell if alternative bus service wasn't usually inconvenient & dreadfully slow.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Weekend headways like this to accommodate track maintenance really has to make you wonder if just shutting down overnight to get work done wouldn't be a better alternative 🤔
Would be an easier sell if alternative bus service wasn't usually inconvenient & dreadfully slow.
Would be an easier sell if alternative bus service wasn't usually inconvenient & dreadfully slow.
I'm happy to see SEPTA has finally installed these posts at one (1) station, but why did it take YEARS to install what looks like off the shelf fencing??
We have GOT to fix transit procurement. Other countries build whole lines in the time it's taken to roll out this pilot.
We have GOT to fix transit procurement. Other countries build whole lines in the time it's taken to roll out this pilot.
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm happy to see SEPTA has finally installed these posts at one (1) station, but why did it take YEARS to install what looks like off the shelf fencing??
We have GOT to fix transit procurement. Other countries build whole lines in the time it's taken to roll out this pilot.
We have GOT to fix transit procurement. Other countries build whole lines in the time it's taken to roll out this pilot.