The Dangers of Demolition for Its Own Sake
In recent years, the demolition of vacant homes and buildings has gone from being seen as a controversial act to being seen as inherently good.Publication Date: Fri, 10/07/2016
View ArticleNew Film Documents the Chicago Neighborhood Demolished to Make Way for Railroads
The last four years saw a long slow process by which about ten blocks on Chicago's South Side were bought or acquired through eminent domain and converted into a rail yard.Publication Date: Thu,...
View ArticleWhen the Dust Settles: Removing Blight, But Spreading Toxins
Eilís O’Neill of The Nationreports on the potentially devastating environmental consequences of blight removal. Older homes being demolished will often contain lead-based paint that when released into...
View ArticleNew York City's Kosciuszko Bridge Getting Demolished
The little-loved Kosciuszko Bridge, I-278's crossing of Newtown Creek in New York City, is being replaced.Publication Date: Wed, 02/22/2017
View ArticleRust Belt Cities Shouldn't Demolish Their Way to the Future
Shrinking rust belt cities often manage decline by getting rid of vacant housing.Publication Date: Sun, 03/05/2017
View ArticleIncreased Demolition Fee Proposed for Developers Near Chicago's 606
"Aldermen Proco 'Joe' Moreno, 1st, and Roberto Maldonado, 26th, are drafting an ordinance that would increase the demolition fee for residential properties and charge a deconversion fee when...
View ArticleSalvaging Historic Building Materials for Job Creation and Environmental Benefit
Graham Kilmer reports on a proposed ordinance in Milwaukee "that would save historic materials from houses slated for demolition, and potentially expand the market for salvaged building...
View ArticleAmendments Proposed for California's Landmark Pro-Housing Development...
California State Senator Scott Wiener announced last week a series of amendments to SB 827, the centerpiece legislation in a housing reform packagePublication Date: Tue, 02/27/2018
View ArticleL.A.'s Mayor Garcetti Sides With Single-Family Housing Near Transit
"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is catching heat this week for making comments that expose his continued embrace of unproductive, NIMBY-fueled, anti-housing rhetoric," writes Publication Date: Fri,...
View ArticleProperty Owner Who Tore Down Neutra-Designed House Ordered to Build Exact...
J.K. Dineen reports from San Francisco, where "[a] property owner who illegally demolished a 1936 Twin Peaks house designed by a renowned modernist must rebuild an exact replica of the home rather than...
View ArticleDenver Looks to Landmark Designation Changes
Denver city councilmember Kendra Black is developing proposed changes to the city’s landmark designation law.Publication Date: Wed, 09/04/2019
View ArticleDemolitions Can't Keep Pace With Vacancies in Baltimore
"Despite demolition crews working at an unprecedented pace in recent months to tear down Baltimore’s vacant houses, the number of abandoned buildings in the city has barely budged," reports Ian Duncan...
View ArticleKey Considerations for Urban Demolition Planning
Demolition can be a lot of fun for the people holding the sledge hammers and swinging the wrecking balls, but demolition is serious business with a large number of significant social and environmental...
View ArticleWho Pays When Corporate Campuses Leave the Suburbs?
Past decades have seen a trend of major corporations moving their headquarters away from suburbs and small cities and toward larger cities or, in some cases, remote work environments.Publication Date:...
View ArticleCourt Will Decide Whether to Reduce NYC Skyscraper's Height
"Now that the 52-story tower at 200 Amsterdam Avenue is almost done, it may soon have to be partly undone, like a construction film running in reverse," writes Justin Davidson.Publication Date: Wed,...
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