What Japan Gets Right (A Partial List)
A few things that demonstrate the gulf between the island nation’s philosophy of how cities should work and America’s.
What #Japan gets right (a partial list). A salute to #JapaneseUrbanism #Tokyo #Kyoto @jrs310310.bsky.social @calplan.bsky.social @planetizen.bsky.social bit.ly/44CIZTV
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Despite AB 130, Glendale Rejects Sears Redevelopment Design
www.cp-dr.com/articles/des...
12.12.2025 14:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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#Imperial County may soon host the most ambitious clean-tech industrial zone in the U.S.
“Lithium Valley” promises 80,000 #jobs, lithium for millions of #EVs, and the future of the Salton Sea. But some locals are concerned.
Read the full story at CP&DR: www.cp-dr.com/articles/imp...
07.05.2025 01:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
We're not building many houses or making any movies here in #LosAngeles. Both are a problem, and they're more closely related than you might think.
@calplan.bsky.social
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02.06.2025 20:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CP&DR News Briefs April 15, 2025: L.A. Rams Development; Los Gatos Builders Remedy Case; National Forests Logging; and More
California Planning & Development Report
Included in this week's CP&DR briefs covering California #planning and #policy: SF zoning shake-up, SoCal #wildfire recovery, who's really winning in the CA #economy and more.
Read the full news updates here: www.cp-dr.com/articles/cpa...
#UrbanPlanning #CaliforniaHousing
17.04.2025 01:14 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This has to be peak #carbrain: My apartment building's insurance co. has ordered e-bikes and e-scooters removed from the garage, because of "fire danger." Never mind the 15 gallons of gasoline or 1,200 pounds of batteries sitting in each stall.
28.03.2025 18:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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