I'm told we build glass and steel towers because that's what companies want. Yet the most profitable tech companies are prefering traditional buildings for their NYC offices. Photos are the NYC offices of: eBay, Google, Facebook (currently), Facebook (future expansion)

Summer days in Puglia

We could build housing developments like this:

A day in Innsbruck 🎞️

Brooklyn is building a fancy new jail. They're even using "luxury scaffolding". Elsewhere, PABT is spending $10b on a bus station. There's no money shortage. But, we have a cost and priority problem. We could fund subways everywhere if we wanted. newyorkyimby.com/2025/09/brookl…

I'm 36. No ailments, full of energy, not depressed, 20/20 vision, healthy BMI, vitals all good, I power walk a few miles most days, I eat 3 meals a day. Rather than "keep doing what you're doing", doctors tell me to eat less red meat, less sugar, less sodium, take supplements,

My hometown Adelaide is featured on the left.

Inside the new Maison Mystique hotel in Thailand😮‍💨

1. Multiple owners means more distributed wealth. 2. Less likely to "fossilize" as smaller buildings are easier to develop to the next increment, vs. a developer with lots of $$$ buying out every condo. 3. A building every 25ft = a door every 25ft. No chance of blank walls that

Even in Florida, we can transform streets to be far more walkable.

Great low-rise density by North American standards —no land area wasted on alleys, front and side setbacks

Cities need mixed levels of density

Admittedly, I’m not much of a religious person Today my wife and I went to church Here’s what we saw; -beautiful babies, happy kids EVERYWHERE -mothers smiling, holding their babies -fathers talking about their careers and small businesses they’re building -programs

Unfortunately, this is everywhere now. Could be Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Austin, Atlanta or Charlotte. Sprawl is the processed food of city building. And it’s making us sick, depressed, lonely, and bankrupt. Only takes a relatively small group of ppl to change this, & we must.

If you have the money (the NFL does), I can't think of a good reason they don't do this. There would be a massive surge in viewership, team pride, tourism.

99% of Boston’s residential parcels could not be rebuilt today under our modern regulatory framework. This holds true across many Northeast cities and towns. Our regulations prevent the very places we cherish today.

Many of the regulations that shaped our cities were written by people who hated cities.

If improving educational outcomes is the goal, one could do worse than taking queues from this Indonesian school. Space shapes how we learn. Spending time in a classroom made of warm materials that's flooded with light and fresh air is sure to expand the minds of students!

I'm trying to find wholesome video games to share with my kid. Mobile games suck. They tease you with free content, smother you with ads, then want you to pay a monthly fee to unlock all the content. For the same price as 4 months of subscription, I bought the console

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