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(DIR) Post #AWMotYXVvodsaof9AO by clive@saturation.social
2023-06-05T02:23:04Z
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“This is how parking rules killed off the construction of rowhouses, triple-deckers, and other small apartment buildings.”Am excellent piece in the Atlantic about Henry Grabar’s terrrific new book on parking, and how it deformed America — https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/07/cars-parking-take-up-street-space-cities/674174/
(DIR) Post #AWN46pOm3mE5xPMSWG by stoicmike@zirk.us
2023-06-05T05:13:34Z
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@clive The vast parking lots around our boring shopping centers are only full in the weeks before Christmas -- but that is when people do the most shopping. This is an era that is passing.
(DIR) Post #AWNC0LSjFSpR0WdAJs by rich@civilians.social
2023-06-05T06:42:00Z
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@clive Also, 99 Percent Invisible have just done an excellent podcast episode covering it, including an interview with Henry Grabar: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/paved-paradise/
(DIR) Post #AWO5b5fgPunqE4DyEK by clive@saturation.social
2023-06-05T17:02:16Z
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@rich Superb, I’m gonna check that out! Thank you
(DIR) Post #AWO5qDXzPtzYzpq4Su by clive@saturation.social
2023-06-05T17:02:41Z
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@stoicmike excellent point! They were built for a high capacity annual moment that isn’t happening anymore
(DIR) Post #AWea3KQTavMCDW0bCa by failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to
2023-06-13T16:00:27Z
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@clive a great book from 1969https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/291346
(DIR) Post #AWjhetBNpiP25yRyNs by clive@saturation.social
2023-06-16T03:19:28Z
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite Oooo I’ll check that out!