Posts Tagged ‘suburbia’
Whatever shall we do…
“How can we save the suburbs?” asks Allison Arieff. In urban areas, there’s rich precedent for the transformation or reuse of abandoned lots or buildings. Vacant lots have been converted into pocket parks, community gardens and pop-up stores (or they remain vacant, anxiously awaiting recovery and subsequent conversion into high-end office space condos). Old homes [...]
Suburban Ghost Towns
Nice, short read on Houston Tommorrow Growth News today… Foreclosures and bankrupt developers are leaving vacant lots and homes in their path Stories about half-built subdivisions left largely empty due to the collapse of the home financing market are increasing in numbers as the broader economic crisis sets in, and even what was once “prime [...]
Suburban Swing
From CNN today: Suburb’s Pain Could Swing Election I couldn’t agree more. This is the most critical issue that nobody is talking about. Highlights from the article: The plunge in the housing and financial markets, and the spiking of energy prices, have assured that the economy will be the top issue among rich and poor [...]