Do Things Need To Burn for New Things To Grow?

And when you look at the wreckage left by urban renewal around many American cities, you should understand these blighted areas as something akin to scar tissue in the urban fabric. Simply building big buildings on the super blocks that we created won’t address the range of conditions necessary for healthy regrowth. Consider splitting up big lots a... See more

As the needs of a city change (for example, San Francisco’s crushing demand for housing and ensuing housing cost crisis), the fact that all those existing single-family homes and duplexes are quite valuable (and getting more so) is a huge barrier to redeveloping the city with a new land use pattern (six-story flats, etc.) that would be a rational r... See more