Ever since people owned automobiles, they’ve needed a place to park them. To accommodate the rapid rise vehicle ownership that started in the 1940’s, the instinctual solution of city planners was to require parking in new developments. Over time this became codified through newly adopted use of zoning ordinances. Zoning also introduced the first significant [...]
All posts for the month November, 2011
Shaping Cities: The Power of Parking
Posted by Dwight Norton on November 30, 2011
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/shaping-cities-the-power-of-parking/
Highlights of the Urban Land Institute’s 2011 Fall Meeting & Urban Land Expo
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) celebrated its 75th anniversary with more than 5,900 attendees at the annual fall conference held in Los Angeles, California, from October 25-28th. Attendees were treated to engaging interviews and discussions with luminaries in various industries, including Dr. Robert Gates, Donald Bren, David Bonderman, Eli Broad, Michael Milken, and Tim Leiweke. [...]
Posted by Mimi Tsai on November 14, 2011
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/highlights-of-the-urban-land-institute%e2%80%99s-2011-fall-meeting-urban-land-expo/
What Happens to the Holdouts?
Grandfathering versus Amortizing Nonconforming Uses A car repair shop owner was flush with business because her shop was the only one in the mostly residential neighborhood for over sixty years. She doesn’t have to worry about competition moving in. Her shop has been in her family for three generations and was up and running before [...]
Posted by Tiffany Peperone Pitre on November 4, 2011
http://tmgconsulting.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/what-happens-to-the-holdouts/
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