Mark Treskon: "One of the big issues with rent control is it’s not necessarily targeted to the people who need it the most." (via Caroline Glenn) orlandosentinel.com/business/os-bz…

With Halloween coming up I took the opportunity to write about a topic that was ALMOST my dissertation: cemeteries as public spaces. urban.org/urban-wire/can…

Exhibit New Museum of Hans Haacke has a lot of great stuff on the arts and corporate sponsorship (and real estate) - including the work that led to the Guggenheim cancelling a show of his in 1971.

Population or households? See my piece on what we need to focus on when examining trends in cities: urban.org/urban-wire/cit…

Happy to share our process evaluation report on NYC summer programs that use play-based programming and placemaking to reduce crime and victimization for young people and their communities: urban.org/research/publi…

Happy to share our new report examining Reimagining the Civic Commons, a national initiative focused on reviving civic assets: urban.org/research/publi…

Sharing our new report on the NYC Kids RISE Save for College Program, a multifaceted, place-based scholarship and savings platform. We discuss the program to date and identify evaluation strategies to track it in the years ahead. urban.org/research/publi…