Saturday, September 15, 2018

Waiting for the creek to rise

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Now demolished, the Midtown Sundries building was in a floodplain and flooded regularly. Photo courtesy Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Wa...
Monday, August 6, 2018

Should affordable housing be treated as basic city infrastructure?

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Here's an interesting piece in The Washington Post today that should be provoking some discussion among people concerned with housing a...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Want to know why Charlotte traffic is bad? One reason: You can’t get there from here

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The lack of a connected street grid leads to congestion. So there I was, heading to an 8:30 a.m. meeting near UNC Charlotte. Zipping up...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

More parking? Less parking? The debate continues.

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Tobe Holmes of University City Partners describes changes coming to the UNC Charlotte part of the city when a light rail extension opens ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Eviction, Charlotte-style

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Amid much local conversation recently about economic mobility in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, not much publicity has been paid to...
Monday, December 12, 2016

The ever-present dilemma of paying for transit

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The topic of transit – or the lack of it – arose during public hearings on the vast new River District development that won city approval l...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Trees, grass, drought and the future

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Can lush lawns be sustained with future droughts and water supply issues looming? Photo: Mary Newsom Water and our supply of it is ...