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Seligman goes off on a long wandering discourse on what it means to own land and what laws even are.
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1905: The great Edwin Seligman (yes THAT Edwin Seligman) offers the third edition of his blockbuster "Essays in Taxation", courtesy of @ColumbiaUP archive.org/details/in.ern…
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The defunding and closing of the Bauhaus school at Dessau was a part of the larger shift in the political landscape in O’Sullivan’s view, just as the local Mayor lost office and was imprisoned for his public service. Today the building is a UNESCO site whc.unesco.org/en/list/729/
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I’m tempted to do a tweet thread about the 1931 closing of the Bauhaus School by the Nazis but I don’t speak German and I imagine all the primary sources are in German. Failing that, dig the hair
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Interestingly three stories of residential single stair construction is allowed here, but for no more than six families and different square footage caps for different materials
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I’m looking at the 1965 BOCA Building Code which I suspect was mandated in Virginia but haven’t confirmed yet. This is the oldest building code I can quickly get my hands on
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"I say make the Target a giant rotunda, but no one agrees with me" - @RoryStolzenberg
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@KevinSabellico The Passing of the Great Race, still disturbingly influential today, especially on this website en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passi…
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If you could go back in time and make sure a book was never published, what would it be?
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@LydiaLinsmeier On Mastodon. Kind of fun finding people there. Not easy, but it's coming along
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@lukekvas @holz_bau @wiliamsdarin @yitgordon @MercuryVirginia @HBAofVirginia For towers I completely agree. For “missing middle”, smaller and more affordable building types I don’t see it, we have more affordable tools that are fit for purpose opticosdesign.com/missing-middle…
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Architects, advocates & developers all agree: Virginia should allow single-staircase structures up to 6 stories, but will state officials agree? In my latest @MercuryVirginia story, hear from @LyleSollaYates, @HBAofVirginia & @holz_bau why it matters. 🏗🏢
virginiamercury.com/2022/05/05/how…
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To clarify: the sign's current message will be replaced, per the project description.
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Hello San Francisco. I'm attending a meeting of the San Francisco Planning Commission. Today the commission will decide if it will adopt the final draft housing element.
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@_fruchtose Can they change the message or does it have to stay the same? Alternately can they have a restricted menu of saucy puns inspected by city staff?
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This sign saying “TOUCH OUR JUNK!” will also remain, as it is an historic resource.
[Author's note: I am not making this up.]
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@jacopocomin That's not what drew me to it at first, I was initially impressed at how effective free fares were in Charlottesville and Baltimore purely as ridership value for money but yes there are many related benefits
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one thing I think technocratic left types like myself miss is how much "free fares" as a project has to do with policing and removing a tool for cops to harass people rather than "just" direct costs.
Uday Schultz 🚰@A320Lga
Speaking more generally, fares have been an extraordinarily successful policy plank on the left, and my fellow technocratic scolds have a lot to learn from the organizers/communicators/policy shops who made it as discussed as it is today
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@JohnBlairII I’m getting an access denied error on that link, hopefully I haven’t angered them
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@nmscro Because then you have it. twitter.com/LyleSollaYates…
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Second, what if we established "set-back lines" where people aren't allowed to build on their own property, so the city can come and buy it later to make more space for cars when the drivers show up? What a notion. 🚘🚘🚘
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What is the purpose of a side street setback or front setback when you have a large right-of-way?
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED: “this is a verified legacy account. it may or may not be notable” 😂
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@erinleeryan Looks like a full street but a paper one up to now. It only exists to offer access to these lots that are finally being built
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@tjsleakyroof @gamingonlinux I really like it, and an unusually collaborative and productive community. Rare coin in open source software
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@whatthecarp @nytimes There is a fundamental belief among many people I interact with that climate change is either controlled by a few wealthy overlords or the fault of everyone through individual consumption decisions. There is some truth to both, but both defeat collective action
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@whatthecarp @nytimes It appears to be based on the methodology here cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/…
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