Ryan Johnson, AICP รีทวีตแล้ว
Ryan Johnson, AICP
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Ryan Johnson, AICP
@ryan6351
Austinite, cyclist, urban designer, former planning commissioner. opinions my own
Austin, TX เข้าร่วม Ekim 2012
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Ryan Johnson, AICP รีทวีตแล้ว
Decision Desk HQ projects Zohran Mamdani to win the New York City Mayor election.
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Happy "turn the heat on" weekend to all who celebrate this niche New England holiday!
Might try to make it another couple weeks...55 degrees inside the house isn't *that* bad, and I'm firing up the woodstove today anyway...
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@DgafKITTY @KUTnathan The second paragraph of the story explains "The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is paying for the boardwalk as compensation for taking several slices of parkland," not the city of austin.
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@KUTnathan So, how does this improve anything except property values for existing owners? Make them pay for it, not the entire city. People outside of downtown have no interest in seeing this happen at taxpayer expense.
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What will a $25 million boardwalk between South First Street and South Congress Avenue look like?
An internal city document obtained by KUT News reveals new details.
kut.org/transportation…
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The zoning changed passed at last week's Planning Commission meeting.
The ATX@TheATX1
The zoning change to allow for 420' building heights at the nearly 7 acre 10200 McKalla Place site is on Tuesday's (09/23) Planning Commission meeting agenda.
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Ryan Johnson, AICP รีทวีตแล้ว
Charlie Kirk was an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist who often wrapped his bigotry in Bible verses because there was no other way to pretend that it was morally correct.
thenation.com/article/politi…
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Ryan Johnson, AICP รีทวีตแล้ว
Hey guys calm down. Don’t politicize the death of the guy who routinely politicized every single death.
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Ryan Johnson, AICP รีทวีตแล้ว
“I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” -Charlie Kirk
newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-s…
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@KUTnathan Nothing says "reconnecting a community!" quite like building a 21-foot tall wall with a several-hundred-foot wide demilitarized zone adjacent to it.
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Will TxDOT build a 21-foot-tall concrete noise barrier stretching half-a-mile along I-35 next to where the upper decks are now?
Cherrywood residents have to cast their vote by today.
kut.org/transportation…
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@mwmoedinger How do you feel about mirrors/medicine cabinets with integrated lighting in the glass? I often see them at more modern hotels, and they sometimes look great, but sometimes look weird/too tech-y.
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Ultimately, it's often better to do side lights at a vanity, but there's not always room, or there are other technical and design considerations.
Just avoid the builder-grade standard "3 tulips pointing down over the mirror" and you'll be miles ahead!
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Let's talk bathroom vanity lights!
Yesterday I posted a bunch of bathroom design considerations, including a quick one about vanity light location - that they're better on the side of the mirror rather than at the top.
But what if there's no room?
Here are some options:
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@ryan6351 Yes, excellent point! Or, buy a parcel only to discover there's all these crazy easements...
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Reminder: if you own property, and you're trying to do any zoning analysis, and you *don't have a survey,* that zoning analysis isn't worth much.
It can be fine to do a 30,000 ft view analysis using Google Maps, but anything more detailed than that needs a survey.
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@mwmoedinger To that end, know your deed restrictions too - the last thing you want is to be ordered to tear a project down right when you’re wrapping construction, because a pesky neighbor sued.
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If you're working with design professionals who don't say this 👆👆 get new design professionals.
A proper zoning analysis - especially in tight urban conditions - can hinge on inches!
And, it's also good to know what you actually own. It can be quite surprising...!
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@timbishop4000 @jamesrambin Hack! Real Austinites™️ still call it Town River.
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congress street
Sean Graf@seangraf
Austin Welcomed Musk. Now It’s Weird (in a New Way). nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/… The famously liberal bastion of Austin is grappling uneasily with Elon Musk’s rightward turn, which has begun transforming his adopted home into an unlikely hub of right-of-center thinkers.
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@berkie1 Looks great - they struck a nice balance between form and function.
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Before everyone loses their mind over the Copley Square redesign… there will be the same amount of green space, if not more.
The project swapped the paved area that was originally in front of Trinity Church with what was the grassy area on the Dartmouth St side.
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@TheATX1 Ah, right.. because it would be crazy to have tall buildings downtown, right @austintexasgov !? 🫠
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The PUD zoning change request for the multi-tower 500 S. Congress project was updated Wednesday. The City pushed back on the 750' building heights. The developer is now requesting a 650' height limit.
The ATX@TheATX1
A recent update to the PUD zoning change request for the ~6.5 acre project known as 500 S. Congress indicates that the project is getting significantly taller. A 750' building height is being sought for the northern half of the site fronting E. Riverside while the southern half is seeking 500' building heights.
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My name is *Marilyn.*
Not Madeleine, Meredith, or Melanie. All beautiful names, but not mine.
It's also spelled MARILYN. It's right there in my email signature. It's not Marylin, or Maryland, or Merillanne, etc.
Who else out there feels my pain?? 😅
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@Dvolni @alexisxrivas @salingergregor @coverbuild Not necessarily comparing, just pointing out that factors other than floor area alone make a big difference. Yeah, open space is one of them for sure - whether its private on your lot/complex, or public nearby.
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@ryan6351 @alexisxrivas @salingergregor @coverbuild Ryan, you’re comparing apples to oranges. Gregory’s point was about American norms. You said it yourself- ranch house. Probably have a yard large enough to toss a (American) football around.
In an apartment complex that is not as breathable
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Wtf is wrong with Americans? Like, most families I know have like 60-90 m² (650-950sf) max (in cities at least). He speaks as if a 1200sf mansion would be a prison cell?
Bobby Fijan@bobbyfijan
A 1200sf apartment is *easily* large enough for a young family … if it is laid out well.
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@alexisxrivas @salingergregor @Dvolni @coverbuild My 62-year-old ranch house in Austin is 870 sq ft and comfortably fits three bedrooms. An efficient layout goes a long way in making what might seem to be smaller space usable.
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@salingergregor @Dvolni 700 well designed square feet built by @coverbuild has served as a home for a couple with one young child. It was exactly what they needed and they absolutely loved it.
Cover square feet consistently feel and function like spaces 20-40% bigger.
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Ryan Johnson, AICP รีทวีตแล้ว
The government was never meant to be run like a company. Its bottom line isn’t profit margins, it’s people.
The notion that the government should be run like a business is an absurd one.
Acyn@Acyn
Musk: If a commercial company operated the way the federal government does, then it would be -- immediately go bankrupt. It would be delisted. The officers would be arrested
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