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NYC subway looked like this in 1904

Riverlofts !

La Balsanera house aims to revive "tradition of living on the river" in Ecuador Architecture studio Natura Futura Arquitectura and architect Juan Carlos Bamba have created a floating house along the Babahoyo River in Ecuador.

Pipers Pub Toad in the hole and Vegan Vegetable Curry

“The 1980s may well be the era of making do, doubling up with parents, buying a house with several people unrelated to you, making dollhouses livable, learning creative financing tactics, budgeting up to 40 percent of your gross income for shelter costs — or, yes, simply getting used to renting indefinitely,” the authors lament following the statistic that the average American home price reached an all-time high in May 1984 of $101,000. Pittsburgh then ranked 186th for housing costs, “just under the midpoint.” (Today, though still affordable by national comparison, Pittsburgh’s median home listing price is $255,000, with those in the market facing other obstacles to buying).”

Pittsburgh's 1985 "most livable" listing proves the more things change, the more they stay the same Take a trip with us to 1985 via Rand McNally’s Places Rated Almanac.

Housing issues are often portrayed as a generational clash, but the suburban experiment harms everyone.

"So the big problem is that since WWII, we started building for the car first and the person second." - Rodney Harrell, AARP Vice President of Family, Home and Community

Full article: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/3/13/aarp-whats-good-for-older-americans-is-good-for-all-of-us

"Social housing has become a matter of enclaves and micro-sites" Peter Barber's architecture proves that providing social housing at scale without making the design mistakes of the past is eminently possible, writes Owen Hatherley as part of our Social Housing Revival series.

Why can’t American transit agencies create a right of way like this?