What Makes Cities Go BANANA?

On zoning, New York City’s housing crisis, and Abundance

The nearly hundred-year-old Holland Tunnel, the first mechanically ventilated underwater vehicular tunnel, opened in 1927 after just seven years of work. By contrast, the humble subway station elevators unveiled in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2020 took three years and approximately $80 million to realize. (The MTA, sensing commuter suspicion, even made ...
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What Makes Cities Go BANANA?

Defund the Police

Past Present Podcast, Episode 235

Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: Calls to defund or abolish the police have become a rallying cry among protestors of racial violence. Niki discussed Derek Thompson’s call to “unbundle the police.” Natalia referred to this National Review piece that argues many communities want more policing, ...
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