https://500px.com/embed.js Wharton real estate professor, Mariaflavia Harari, recently published a paper that looks at the relationship between urban geometry (specifically compactness) and inner city commuting efficiency across 450 cities in India. Consistent with previous research done in this space, she finds that people generally prefer… Read More
Lately I’ve been feeling that we’ve been having some pretty serious conversations here on Architect This City. Everything from condominium reserve funds to housing/tax policy. So today I thought we could change it up and talk about something a bit more fun: farmhouses. Last weekend… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js I’ve been thinking a lot lately about condominium governance and how things might be improved. If you own a condominium, you pay a monthly maintenance fee. Let’s say, for example, you own a 833 square foot condo and your maintenance fee is $500 per… Read More
Earlier this week it was announced that Sam Zell – the billionaire who initially made his money in real estate – is selling over 23,000 apartment units to Starwood Capital Group (Barry Sternlicht) for $5.4 billion. The units are all controlled by Zell’s company, Equity… Read More
For over 10 years I have been a big supporter and proponent of Ontario wines. It’s almost the only kind of wine I buy. When I go to a restaurant I will always look to see what wines they have from Ontario, because I would… Read More
City Observatory recently republished their commentary on a report (released earlier this year) called Who Pays for Roads. I missed their original post, so this is new to me. The report and commentary are all about the mispricing of roads/driving and the fallacy that “user… Read More
I was up early on Sunday morning and I tweeted this out: 620 sf. Family of four. Could you do it? https://t.co/raV5Ha3NIi — Brandon G. Donnelly (@donnelly_b) October 25, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It’s a link to a Dwell article about a New York family of four… Read More
https://500px.com/embed.js I was reading Aaron Renn’s blog this morning and a post called, How Urban Planning Made Motown Records Possible, caught my attention. His argument – taken from a book called Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story – is that the prevalence of pianos in… Read More
I was speaking with a friend this morning and he told me that he had a Pavlovian association between me and laneways. That made me happy. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ve heard me go on and on about the great potential… Read More
On Thursday afternoon the mayor of Toronto, John Tory, was in London meeting with their mayor, Boris Johnston, and talking about Toronto-London business relations, the economy, and transit. Here is the tweet: I’m meeting with @MayorofLondon this afternoon to talk Toronto-London business relations, the economy… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 