Map YOUR own neighborhood! Share your neighborhood stories and landmarks bit.ly/det-nhoods

I'm trying to get Jay Pitter to come on the podcast to talk about this banger of an article tying together Cowboy Carter the album with the sense of place it's establishing azuremagazine.com/article/the-cu…

The yoncé x urbanism crossover I needed. Another banger from Jay Pitter: The Cultural Geography of Cowboy Carter azuremagazine.com/article/the-cu…

Your Saturday read:

My pal Jay Pitter has a new piece in #Azure on Beyoncé’s new album. It ties together themes of placemaking, policy & the psychology of boundaries. Check it out:

azuremagazine.com/article/the-cu…

As always, a stunning piece by Jay Pitter - this time, on the power of placemaking and traversing invisible boundaries in cultural production
Azure Magazine

azuremagazine.com/article/the-cu…

Fascinating deep dive from Jay Pitter on BEYONCÉ’s new album and its groundbreaking cultural significance. The Cultural Geography of Cowboy Carter azuremagazine.com/article/the-cu… via Azure Magazine #Beyoncé

Excellent read on Beyoncé’s new album, as imagination & protected territories, tethered to placemaking, policy & the psychology of invisible (and fabricated) boundaries separating us by Jay Pitter in Azure Magazine.

azuremagazine.com/article/the-cu…

This is a city of 3 million people not a fief in medieval England.

Toronto Council meets today! Their agenda includes the vacant home tax, parking tickets, the vacant home tax, Airbnb regulation, and the vacant home tax. Did I mention the vacant home tax?

Streaming live here. I will tweet happenings. youtube.com/watch?v=KORc6_…

A very smart conversation about contemporary architecture and its blinders Stefan Novakovic and David Fortin azuremagazine.com/article/david-…

'Just as place-based policies physically divided communities, our collective imaginations have been red-lined.' — Jay Pitter on Beyoncé the cultural geography of country in Azure Magazine. azuremagazine.com/article/the-cu…

I think I want to write something about this rise of open disdain for children in public spaces and what that says about how society views kids, parents (specifically mothers, let's bffr), and how we determine who belongs where.

A year ago today I was making plans to go back to Sudan for the first time since 2009. A year ago today, a brutal war made my cousins, aunts, uncles flee for safety. I haven’t been able to write about it or process it publicly — it’s still not a news story to me. It’s my family.

Want to shake up Canadian public policy? The Hunter Prize is calling on fresh ideas, energy, and voices to solve Canada’s housing affordability crisis.

Here’s some really interesting news — my friend ⁦Mitchell Silver⁩, one of North America’s leading urbanists/city planners and just a fantastic person, has decided to run for Raleigh North Carolina City Council. What a great opportunity for the city! raleighmag.com/2024/04/mitche…

I know that's right!

If I snagged a rent-stabilized apt 30 yrs ago for $250 and was then able to live my dream as a writer and photographer because I'm paying affordable rent, I'd be standing tall in front page news too.

I don't know her but I'm cheering her on.

Major tunneling for the Metro Los Angeles D Line (former Purple Line) subway is complete! The 9 mile extension will bring 7 new stations creating a rapid transit connection from DTLA to the Westside along one of LA's busiest corridors. Phase 1 Open: 2025

latimes.com/california/sto…

Social housing in Barcelona

That’s right. Social housing!!!

By Peris + Toral Arquitectes

An 11-storey building in the Annex is a crisis, but:

It's not enough to just build more housing...

'Residents living on new housing estates have hit out at developers, councils and the government for failing to deliver vital local amenities that were promised at the planning stage.'

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…