
Writer, editor, and novelty song performer in Baltimore City. Opinions are my own. Also, senior editor @CityLab
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"There’s a lot of history under this bridge."
@urbenschneider has an update on the tortured saga of the Claiborne Expressway, which cut a hole in Tremé in the late '60s and is now locked in a local stalemate over its future. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
“It's relatively easy to open up a lot of shelters pretty quickly. It’s a completely different thing to keep people there and figure out a permanent option."
@patrickcsisson goes inside "Inside Safe," LA Mayor Karen Bass's plan to rein in homelessness bloomberg.com/news/features/…
The e-trike approaches a tipping point
bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
“What is more British than a corner shop and a pub you can walk to?” asks an Oxford councillor after the UK city found itself sucked into a maelstrom of far-right conspiracy theories.
@FeargusOSull attempts to explain the inexplicable
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab
A river that became synonymous with pre-EPA industrial pollution is now the big draw in a $3.5 billion redevelopment project.
@vinceguerrieri traces the meandering fortunes of the infamous Cuyahoga bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab
"No one wanted to invest in a neighborhood that would soon be demolished."
@megankimble explores how a freeway that may never be constructed can still hurt a community.
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Meet the master of the dangerous (sort of) playground. From @msmimikirk bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
This wild new apartment in Allentown shows Buffalo's new "Green Code" at work, says Mark Byrnes: no on-site parking, a 'facadectomy' for the historic storefront, and twice the units as the existing building bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
A new, streamlined version of the Obama-era Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule aims at an elusive goal: erasing color lines in American neighborhoods.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab
“The technology’s neutral. I can do very good things with it, or now I can do very bad things with it."
@patrickcsisson gets a look inside Beverly Hills' police surveillance hub -- and its drone-powered pursuit of "pre-crime"
bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
"What had the repeated heartbreak of Bills fandom taught them about football? About life?"
This really captures the existential mysteries of the 90s Bills, an entity that seemed to be engineered to illustrate the soul-testing virtues of failure
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This is the only Prince Harry content I understand
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As automotive historian Dan Albert writes, carmakers have hyped "good pickup" since the days of ethyl gas. But the explosive quickness of modern EVs is unprecedented bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
A report from Valpaiso, Chile, where decay is threatening the city's celebrated historic districts. “It’s enough to make you cry,” says architect Cecilia Jimenez. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
A year without traffic deaths: @JohnSurico gets the nitty-gritty on how Jersey City is making its streets less lethal, a process marked by cheap fixes and constant experimentation. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
Happy holidays; here are the Christmas monorails you requested bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Some next-level data journalism in action here from @mariepastora and @ameliajpollard bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-…
The Mall Santa finds his greatest interpreter in @LangeAlexandra, who offers this delightful explainer in the aesthetics and history of shopping-center Santa-tecture. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
It's time for cars to get small bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab
