Here is video of a talk I delivered at the University of Texas School of Architecture’s “City Forum” on October 20, 2017. The title of my presentation was “New Urbanism and the Destruction of American Public Housing.” In it I trace the establishment and growth of New Urbanism and firmly situate it as part of […]
Continue ReadingThe word “gentrification” does not appear in Imagine Austin or in CodeNEXT. This seems odd, given that Austin has had multiple commissions over the past seventeen years meant to study and address the issue. The policy analyses and recommendations made by these task forces and commissions have been sitting on the shelf gathering dust. So […]
Continue ReadingAn impressive propaganda campaign has been orchestrated by pro-CodeNEXT boosters to confuse the public mind about the potential consequences these proposed changes to how Austin regulates land development will produce. The time has come for some historically grounded critical thinking that can help cut through the misinformation, half-truths, distortions and lies that have been promulgated […]
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