Buildings Must Build More Wealth | Edward Erfurt | May 24, 2024

John Pattison
John Pattison
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This article was an inspiration for me to take up this topic with Edward today: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/5/19/compromise-doesnt-mean-giving-up-on-your-citys-vision 
 
 

References in the Recording

Our Orderly But Dumb Approach Needs to Change

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2013/2/18/orderly-but-dumb.html

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2013/11/4/chaotic-but-smart.html 


We Regulate the Wrong Things

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/10/31/we-regulate-the-wrong-things


Taco Johns and the Cost of Auto Orientation

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/29/the-cost-of-auto-orientation-rerun


What Can We Do About Taco John's?

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2022/10/21/taco-johns-20


https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2024/2/2/citizen-development-higher-value-per-acre


The Technical Brush off and How to Fight It

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/8/18/the-technical-brush-off-and-how-to-fight-it


Quotes

“Read one section of your code out loud and hear its impracticality"


"We have 80 years of allowing development that is less productive and valuable than what it is replacing. No wonder people don't want development."


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