Chris Bradford at Austin Contrarian tagged me back in December. It hasn't fallen off my radar, and I've been meaning to get to it this whole time. I'm supposed to tell seven things about myself and tag seven other blogs to do the same. (I probably won’t tag others. Is that lame?) … [Read more...]
Links to Interesting Articles
Market Urbanism readers may not have noticed, but not too long ago I added a feature to the sidebars labeled "Check these out." This is a feed from the Market Urbanism del.icio.us bookmarks. I added this feature as a timesaving alternative to creating a new post every time I find a relevant article, … [Read more...]
Portland Ideas??
I'm visiting Portland, Oregon for 5 days through next weekend for a wedding. It's my first time there and I hear it's a great city. What are the must-does to get the genuine urban experience?What are Portland's specialty foods?What neighborhoods should I make sure I visit?Any new … [Read more...]
Market Urbanism on NY Sun’s Culture of Congestion
Market Urbanism was featured in Sandy Ikeda's NY Sun blog "Culture of Congestion": More Kindred Spirits: Mitchell Moss and "Market Urbanism" Blog. If you don't already, I recommend subscribing to "Culture of Congestion".Thanks Sandy! … [Read more...]
Cuba Grants Limited Property Rights to Farmers
Cuba reforms turn to state landCuba is to put more state-controlled farm land into private hands, in a move to increase the island's lagging food production.Private farmers who do well will be able to increase their holdings by up to 99 acres (40 hectares) for a 10-year period that can be … [Read more...]
Abandoned Cities
Here's a link to a very interesting article at weburbanist.com with photos of 20 abandoned cities and towns around the world - 20 Abandoned Cities from Around the World: Deserted Towns and Other Derelict Places … [Read more...]
Social Networking With Market Urbanism
Last week, a reader submitted a Market Urbanism post to Reddit, a social networking site. The submission generated quite a bit of traffic from the economics category on Reddit. It was #3 on the hot list for economics for a while that day.Seeing what kind of traffic that can be generated from … [Read more...]
Cubs Fail to Sell Wrigley to State (100 years of faith for sale)
I received a message from a reader with a link: Probably not as interesting to your NY readers, but Wrigley is back on the market. Can't say I like the cubs, but you have to give credit (?) to their fans, 100 years of painful loss and they still love the cubs. I'm guessing most of the fans would … [Read more...]