Geoff Butler

Superman is the story of an immigrant who grew up in Kansas, landed a low-paying job as a reporter in Metropolis, and still had time for a hobby because urban housing was affordable.

New Hampshire House Passes Parking Reform Bill - h/t New Hampshire Bulletin The revised bill, which caps parking requirements at one spot per residential unit and eliminates exemptions, will go back to the Senate for a new vote.

New Hampshire House Passes Parking Reform Bill - h/t New Hampshire Bulletin

It's so much fun because UH is a great school, with a huge commuter student population. It's a bunch of Houston kids. Dancing on the graves of all those Duke failsons. Poetry. -OS

Harris County commissioner: Measles risk is 'growing by the day' in Houston Experts warn unvaccinated people in Houston, including babies, to avoid crowds. Get vaccinated now, urges county commissioner Lesley Briones.

#Opinion: Experts warn unvaccinated people in Houston, including babies, to avoid crowds. Get vaccinated now, urges county commissioner Lesley Briones.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Disrupt St. Louis’s Growth Strategy (Gift Article) Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents. The strategy was working, until the inauguration.

“Shrinking cities have tried to stabilize their populations with foreign-born residents…The approach has worked for other metropolitan areas losing population, like Detroit and Philadelphia, which got started around the same time as St. Louis’s programs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/b...

It was a pleasure working with Mayor Turner. Very sad news.

A driver stopped for us to cross the street , at an uncontrolled crosswalk, along a busy stretch of Studewood. There may be hope for Houston yet.

Apple on Monday said it plans to open a 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility in the Houston area, part of what it said will be a $500 billion investment in several business lines over the next four years.

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A single-stair, single-elevator apartment building in Seattle

Senate Bill 5156, approved by the Washington Senate this week, could open the door to more accessible small apartment buildings built around smaller European-style elevators, reducing overall housing costs at the same time.

Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/02/20/w...

A pair of bocks in the backyard.

Powell predicts a time when mortgages will be impossible to get in parts of US A growing property insurance crisis may make it hard to get a mortgage in parts of the country in the coming decades, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday in testimony before Congress.

“‘…There are going to be regions of the country where you can’t get a mortgage,’ he said during his semiannual testimony to Congress, noting that banks and insurance companies have been pulling out of coastal and fire-prone areas they deem too high risk.” finance.yahoo.com/news/powell-...

Like Jane Jacobs’ Manhattan: massive overpopulation of 9-5 office workers leads to little more than cafeteria lunch spots and shoe shine stands.

What’s Wrong With Downtown Dallas? Violent crime is up. Street life is often lacking. Can a $3.7 billion convention center expansion transform the fortunes of the city’s central business district?

Both Houston and Dallas suffer from having downtowns built up during the 70s boom, where it's mostly office space, and a ghost town in the non-working hours. -OS
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Tariffs on steel and aluminum could raise construction costs in Houston President Donald Trump on Monday signed two proclamations that will implement 25% taxes on all imported steel and aluminum starting March 4.

New tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump could raise the cost of manufacturing and consumer goods in Houston and across the U.S.

Great Heights Brewing Co.’s Blue Tile IPA.

A million cars have disappeared: What NYC is like after one month of congestion pricing Congestion pricing began on January 5. One month in, traffic is down, public buses are faster, and transit ridership is up.

A million cars have disappeared!

“Congestion pricing [in New York City] began on January 5. One month in, traffic is down, public buses are faster, and transit ridership is up.” Via @fastcompany

No surprise for those of us championing decongestion pricing for a long time. We know it works.

Senate Avenue Brewery’s Smoke Show.

Chicken wings at S. Buffalo’s Doc Sullivan’s

Go Bills!