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American Murder Mystery - The Atlantic
American Murder Mystery - The Atlantic Hannah Rosin, writing in 2008, about the impact of Section 8 housing subsidies on crime patterns. "According to FBI data, America's most dangerous spots are now places where Martin Scorsese would never think of...
One man zoned huge swaths of our region for sprawl, cars, and exclusion - Greater Greater Washington
One man zoned huge swaths of our region for sprawl, cars, and exclusion - Greater Greater Washington Historical sketch of a planner who shaped zoning and urban design in St. Louis, the Metro Washington area, and many other cities. "On...
Communites and neighborhoods of Washington County, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma Digital Map Collections - Digital Collections - Oklahoma State University
Communites and neighborhoods of Washington County, Oklahoma - The Oklahoma Digital Map Collections - Digital Collections - Oklahoma State University In 1960, the Cooperative Extension Service put together a map of Washington County, Oklahoma, showing the rural communities and unofficially...
Logic Mag: Model Metropolis
Logic Mag: Model Metropolis Kevin T. Baker writes: "In 1984, the developer Will Wright had just finished work on his first video game, a shoot-em-up called Raid on Bungeling Bay. In it, the player controls a helicopter dropping bombs on...
Question of the Week: How Can I Pitch Allowing Limited Commerce in Residential Areas? -- Strong Towns
Question of the Week: How Can I Pitch Allowing Limited Commerce in Residential Areas? -- Strong Towns "Studies show profound latent demand in America for walkable urban neighborhoods (again, allowing some local businesses is an essential part of walkability). One...
Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online
Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online In order to provide for increasing demand for homes in the southeast of England after World War II, without encouraging further sprawl outward from London, the British government...
Why Ex-Churchgoers Flocked to Trump | The American Conservative
Why Ex-Churchgoers Flocked to Trump | The American Conservative Veteran political reporter Tim Carney looks at the inverse correlation between Trump primary support and levels of church attendance and religious involvement. "The best way to describe Trump's support in the...
The Secular Benedict Option | The American Conservative
The Secular Benedict Option | The American Conservative Nicholas Phillips, president of the NYU School of Law Federalist Society, writes: "For those who aren't religious, the Benedict Option raises as many questions as it answers. We know that the choose-your-own-adventurism...
You Know You're from Tulsa If: Neighborhood groceries
You Know You're from Tulsa If: Neighborhood groceries The corner grocery store was once a familiar part of neighborhood life, well into the 1960s. Many of these buildings still stand in older Tulsa neighborhoods, although they've long since been repurposed...
You Know You're from Tulsa If: Homes lost to the Inner Dispersal Loop
You Know You're from Tulsa If: Homes lost to the Inner Dispersal Loop Mike Lins has posted photos of a Craftsman-era home that stood at 1233 S. Norfolk Ave. His grandparents owned it, but it was bought under eminent domain...
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