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kennedy, i agree with your assessment of the two photographed examples. both of these do occur, but they do not represent the scope of what is happening currently in terms of subdivision anywhere in the country, and certainly not historically. The vast majority of Boston is the product of...

Los Angeles has about contiguous 70 square miles (and many outside of that) with an average density (twice the city average or 15000+/sm) well exceeding that of Boston, and in many places the population density goes over 100,000 per square mile. And this is all in land that is the product of...

Since you're talking about "the long run" - is your statement about driving based on an assumption that they remain dependent on gasoline? Would it not be just as far-reaching to say that an alternative technology could make driving cheaper in the long run, and that Europe could come to more...

hm ... it's hard for me to put much stock in what he's saying. suburbia as we know it is afterall a product of past busts - of 1910s-30s contempt in much of the real estate world for the haphazard, economically reckless development patterns of the early 20th century, the curbstoners, the rapid...

in case you haven't seen it "who sprawls most" not that it's a competition or anything brookings ... it is useful. http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/fulton.pdf

i welcome your desire not to trust that information.

phase II is out for the forseeable future, look for it in 2030 perhaps - it would require a whole new fundraising drive, which the museum isn't going to start anytime soon. and many of the donors for Phase I haven't pulled through yet, it's getting interesting.

Books?

kennedy you can decide where to live based on photographs? as for the smog, and other ecological problems, no it's not the 1980s, and LA, and the state, has improved on that front more than any east coast city ever could, or would care to. as for northern california, it's a nice place to visit...

what's the name of your blog btw jimbojones?

view from the top of mt. tongva in glendale about a week ago - nice mix of smog and smoke from all the fires.

do you think the woman in the window is on the phone to the police? heh.

Agreed on the last point. Sorry - CC&Rs - covenants, conditions and restrictions Already in the 19th century, when modern subdivision began to take shape, covenants were widely placed in deeds regarding use and appearance of property - but they simply weren't enough for many real estate...

Would be exciting. I think zoning has had many disastrous impacts. As for the need to mitigate the negative externalities of development (why zoning exists), never underestimate the power of CC&Rs - even nuisance law. I'm always interested to find pre-zoning laws regarding setbacks and the like...

well. never say never. Maybe some day somebody will go after Euclid v Ambler. And they'll lose. But then again Kelo came the sort of close to invalidating eminent domain, which is pretty clearly protected, in my opinion anyway, by the 5th amendment. In the meantime, baby steps.

Re: New Tower(s) Planned For Prudential Center "Yes...they want to preserve the sky. " Yes of course they do. Assumedly these people bought in towers partially because they wanted views, and the value of their property, both the monetary value and utility, is tied to their view. So it's not...

Re: Filene's Aesthetics aside, what exactly is so much better about having an empty office building, a broke developer and/or more broke city, and unoccupied retail space than a hole? Is that really a statement that DTX and the city is doing so much better? Everyone here seems to expect that a...

relaxing zoning laws, sounds good but the chances are nil. then there's the additional layer of environmental impact stuff that any development has to go through. traffic, soils, old growth trees, etc etc, and ridiculously subjective things like character. and those restrictions just increase...

ah it's from chinatown - figured out the angle (and checked out the buildings in the foreground)

This is a great photo - is it taken from pico-union?