Can artists and dealers change the creative and economic landscape of Upstate New York? [Artsy]
Newburgh officials worried about unsafe buildings [THR]
Labor union boosts fight against Newburgh casino [LoHud]
It’s all coming together in Providence [Better! Cities & Towns]
Photographing the Extreme Transformation of the Meatpacking District [City Lab]
On a mission to teach financial literacy to social entrepreneurs [Conscious Magazine]
Newburgh fire chief thinks banks may retreat from owning ‘zombie’ properties [HV Blogs]
‘I bought a house for $1,000’[CNN]
NJ Homesteading Program Sells Lots as Low as $1 [NJ.com]
When Blogging Becomes a Slog [NYT]
Contour Crafting: Automated Construction / Behrokh Khoshnevis [TedxTalk]
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“the problems they (banks) created…” As I remember most were ignoring the red flags. Easy money policy was the enabler that various parties ran with making them complicit. It’s a tragedy of commons and now the supporting cast members are giving sole performances in acts of deflection. Meanwhile a new player is on the set wearing a mask of morality and disposed with the role of avenger for the people…cue the land banks. The essentially closed tax exempt equity REITs, created by the states, managed for a fee and funded by the tax payers, will now be commissioned to take the lead in ‘urban cleansing’. The ponzi continues ad infinitum.
While Newburgh plays catch-up to the fact that brick buildings aren’t brownstones and the same mtbf doesn’t apply, it’s ptb should be thinking beyond the demolition and take a lesson from Providence’s planners Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company and developer Buff Chace. It all comes back to providing key services in order to attract “tipping point” tenants.