In a way, Boston used to be like that but got rid of the water

Madison, WI comes to mind, but with smaller bodies of water

Who wrote this?

I read a lot of old government reports at work, and reading through stuff from the 60s and 70s shows a clear vision for a universalist utopian turn during the great society era. It's a stark contrast to the lack of vision today of what society should look like, both aesthetically and materially

This is so interesting. The language around investment is so contrary to how we talk about investment today.

A dozen!

Where is this from? This is excellent

Is this calculated as the length of the longest side of each block, or is there a different definition?