Was in Nashville last week for a conference, a lot going on there.
As others have noted, some of the suburban development could certainly be denser.
Did listen to the Abundance recap podcast and felt like Derek was not willing to entertain what I take as a fairly serious issue about the optics of abundance.
I don't even think it's debatable that there is a lot of contempt for some of the key designs of new construction housing, whether it is called 'ikea' or 'cookie cutter' or that it's not historic enough for the neighorhood.
Ezra has probably talked about this elsewhere, but even the brownstones in Brooklyn etc I understand were held in contempt at the time, so there's always going to be something of a lag between what new construction looks like versus a more traditional/historic housing format.
The other thing I have read recently is that builders take out most of the mature trees when they are building in the suburbs. So it takes a decade or longer for that kind of landscaping to recover.
In the DC area, you see new neighborhoods with no trees and they just look a bit barren.
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The 2026 fall meeting is in Miami so looking forward to that.
New York - pictures by @MikeCarbone, twitter
A member webinar about what's working in preserving and creating more affordable housing.
not generally a fan of the foggy bottom area with all the extra security for state dept etc but this certainly is/was a nice building.
NYC is proposing redesigning Park Avenue. I think this is wonderful. DO IT!
Landscape architecture firm Civitas doing some nice work on the river in Jacksonville.
Might actually want to visit when this is done.
St. Augustine is supposed to be cool/pretty also, much older/more historic.