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brittany aj

@broadwaylafayette.bsky.social

urban planner, general complainer, bikenyc, πŸ”°, politics, not politics, personal, impersonal, IRL

100 Followers  |  348 Following  |  350 Posts  |  Joined: 23.09.2023  |  2.0968

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i’ve never seen a country that hates its own people so much

05.08.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Europeans love American city branding but would hate living in America

30.07.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I also saw an article about their rent decreasing….need this spiritually, medically, romantically

30.07.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tear It Down, They Said. He Just Kept Building.

relevant. send me your suesses, the burtons, the burrows, the howls moving castle yearning to…

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/w...

24.07.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This 120-year-old Capitol Hill house isn’t making way for mixed-use development β€” It is rising up They are not tearing down the 1905-era house in the middle of a slowly growing wave of multifamily development up and down 12th Ave. They are raising it up. Passersby of the corner of 12th and Howe…

hell yeah to suessical neighborhood character

www.capitolhillseattle.com/2025/07/this...

24.07.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The best sign to see in Paris: a traffic calmed street. Streets are for people.
Translation:
Live Together
Rochambeau Street Calmed
For the well being of everyone: (the pictures are obvious)

#paris #15minutecity #urbanism #streetsareforpeople #streets #safestreets #transportation #ruerochambeau

02.06.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The only crime are the outfits on the JMZ transplant corridor

29.05.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this and a sunlit commute over a bridge πŸ™

18.05.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sry haven’t been rspding busy writing thesis on urban areas as cultural juggernauts due to public transits innate cultural collisions and ability to use phone commuting

18.05.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

9:03 am, train half full, dead quiet, spring overcast, a blanket of neutral soft calm.

I think this set was just refurbished because it’s quietly gliding through the tunnels without the usual violent clanks of these age old analog machines.

05.05.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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03.05.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Car Guy Makes a Left Turn Automotive influencer Matt Farah, outspoken host of β€œThe Smoking Tire” videos and podcasts, has become an unlikely advocate for urban transportation reform.

Matt Farah is one of the most powerful auto influencers in the world. The Smoking Tire, his media platform, has an audience of millions.

Farah owns seven cars -- but he is also a fiery supporter of bike lanes, walkability, and upzoning.

In @bloomberg.com, my profile of an urbanist car bro

23.04.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 588    πŸ” 105    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 57

tourists, workers, homeowners are all there due to the tremendous value the mountains provide - but the public doesn’t capture it, it’s hard to redistribute it, and there’s minimal votes to change- do these workers have an address in the parking lot?

13.04.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wow, incredibly depressing, I am not okay. skyrocketing property values on the backs of people trying to keep warm in a van at night

12.04.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car β€” if They Have a Job (Gift Article) People experiencing homelessness can sleep in their cars in this wealthy ski town in Colorado, but only if they have a job.

from sea to shining sea, the societal toll of banning apartments and subsidizing homeowners

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/r...

12.04.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

maybe he has a brain worm

10.04.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

maybe stop and think about why this take was universally hated. it’s obvious trolling for clicks to keep your metrics up.

10.04.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes look around the world

10.04.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

he is rightfully getting flamed in the comments. NYT took an extremely hard right neolib turn, but I think he’s just been spending way too much time wining and dining with developers.

10.04.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amanda Seyfried graduated to her tough maverick cop mid-career phase

18.03.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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i’m so glad caroline calloway is driving health policy

05.03.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

or we reject commodification of our basic needs, as well as accumulation of private wealthβ€”-in favor of public wealth and the universal security of a safety net

22.02.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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merriweather penn station

14.02.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Macro Data Refinement @ Moynihan ????

12.02.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@oortinary.bsky.social

12.02.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar Michael Burawoy was struck while walking inside the crosswalk near Children’s Fairyland.

Sociology world mourns after hit-and-run driver on Grand Avenue kills legendary labor scholar

06.02.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6
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so proud of my polycule!!! @nerd4cities.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social

01.02.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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all i want for my birthday…. is a pedestrianized comm corridor with amazing tungsten gezellig core vibes! #amsterdam

29.01.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

as a lobo, bedford falls is the frontier of hunter!

and Bloom doesn’t have a phd in gezellig

27.01.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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