That’s the question this Civilbeat article tries to address. The topic is important to be me because it’s related to the high housing costs, which is a really big issue. The article is a good start at answering the question, and I hope to comment on it in this thread.
Category: architecture and urban planning
Art: Innovations and Innovators
I really love artist that push and sometime break boundaries, leading to a new style or vocabulary, or even redefining what constitutes art or not. Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, and maybe Andy Kaufmann would be examples of the latter. Other innovators, who may not cause us to re-think art, but I still I like a lot are Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, to name a few. This is a thread to discuss innovations of specific artists as well as innovations in art more generally. I want to start by talking about two different innovations in music that I’m interested in.
General Urban Planning Thread
This is a thread for general discussion about urban planning and architecture. I’l try to focus on issues in Hawai’i, and I’ll use this thread as a repository for links. To start off, here’s a video on the effects of parking. Continue reading “General Urban Planning Thread”
Are Liberals Defending the Character of a Neighborhood Comparable to Conservatives Defending the Demographics of a Nation?
I wanted to process and discuss this tweet:
City property owners who think they're entitled to defend "the character of the neighborhood" are the liberal version of conservatives who think they're entitled to defend the demographic character of the population. Blocked views & more traffic are their "press one for English."
— Will Wilkinson 🌐 (@willwilkinson) April 20, 2018
Affordable Housing Thread
This is such a complex topic, relating also to homelessness, and I hope to have links to articles, while also making this a space to discuss the topic. The goal is to gain a better understanding and identifying effective solutions. Here’s a twitter thread about how YIMBY’s (Yes in My Backyard)–people who support building more housing units in their communities can create the impression that they’re pro-landlord and pro-developer, and how this can turn others off because of strong anti-landlord and anti-developer feelings. Continue reading “Affordable Housing Thread”
Examples of Art and Design You Like
One of the reasons I like following former Michiko Kakutani, former New York Times book critic, on twitter is that she frequently posts good artwork. I liked to use the following thread to post artwork and examples of design that we like. Here’s one to start. Continue reading “Examples of Art and Design You Like”