aaronlubeck.bsky.social
Knows some things about designing and building housing.
Essaysist. Adjunct Lecturer. Rabblerouser.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOD7...
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Subscribe to the Yeoman Podcast
yeomanpodcast.com
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hey Siri, compare that with the single-family zoning map.
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Fair!
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#Baseball is vital to Durham. And The DAP is the most famous minor league baseball stadium in America.
It's historic & deserves saving.
Rather than mothball it, what if we made it BETTER?
What if we used the site to make Durham more resilient?
[Sketches by Duke student Yang Yang & Lew Oliver.] 4/
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Imagine bbq'n on your back deck, with some low-league baseball & organ music perpetually playing in the background, overlooking the burgeoning skyline of #Durham.
We need more architecture that is unequivocally us. What would be more Durham than enhancing and saving the old ballpark?
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The DAP ballpark was the setting for the iconic movie ⚾ "Bull Durham" ⚾, produced by native son Thom Mount.
It has since been used by DSA, NCCU, and junior league baseball, and for concerts for folks like Sylvan Esso.
The star of Bull Durham was Crash Davis, played by @kevincostner.bsky.social 3/
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Here are ~20 brownstones modeled after the industrial architecture of the city, specifically the adjacent buildings such as The Rickhouse.
Each brownstone features a below-grade #ADU, doubling density. Or, each townhome can be turned into 3 or 4 flats, quadrupling density. 2/
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This serves as proof that the goal of those peddling large lot sizes is to prevent equity & opportunity in #housing.
..and The Bob Chapman Maxim is true:
"The purpose of Zoning is to PREVENT affordable housing."
www.aaronlubeck.com/p/the-zoning...
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Gorgeous
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Have you seen examples of mall retrofits that feature those criteria?
I'm looking forward to reading your book, BTW!
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He's a really good writer.
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A damn good one too. The New Urbs had some of the best writing in the space (and I am not a conservative). It's no longer there, I think the Dreihaus grant ran out. Addison Del Mastro is now writing on Substack, and his work is excellent. thedeletedscenes.substack.com
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Kotkin is not anywhere near that bad. There is a case to be made for suburbs, but The Federalist's takes were just bad faithery, plain and simple.
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Some people.
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SOME people like sprawl.
Some people like cities.
These are not mutually exclusive concepts, but the machine like system only allowed for the former. That's the problem.
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That's correct. Strip malls are soulless utilitarian buildings.
Simply carve them up and re-skin them.
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Phil Collins was the halftime show 25 years ago.
Phil Collins.
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3 BUILDING KNOWLEDGE buildingknowledge.substack.com @mwmoedinger
Marilyn is among the strongest female voices in design & development. Building Knowledge breaks down real-world problems by offering easy-to-follow advice.
The blog is an encyclopedia of tacit knowledge--must-read stuff.
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2 BUILD THE NEXT RIGHT THING @seth_zeren
buildthenextrightthing.substack.com I am working with Seth on developing a new school for urban development. His writing is excellent, and he is a brilliant thinker on what's next for the urbanist movement.
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Some of the cheap imitations are the most successful ones.
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The best new urbanist designers are phenomenal at hiding the car. There are always debates about how to do it better, but I am certain the Poundbury square was essentially impossible to park just because the scale of the commercial buildings are so large.
No good options.