I guess he forgot about this footnote because my family did not become super rich in the 2000s off of shale gas :(

Fun fact my grandpa wrote his undergrad thesis on oil prices in the 1950s and buried in a footnote was: "The US has vast deposits of natural gas in the Eastern US that have not been economically viable to extract. Should oils prices skyrocket it is like technology would develop for these reserves"

Shale gas is back on the menu boys!!

An entirely unserious position from Schlossberg:
- There is no funding available to fix these complexes via Section 9, which is why they're in the state they are in.
- These buildings are nearly a century old and in terrible condition.
- Rebuilding is actually *cheaper* than repair

There's a building on Christopher and 7th that has a 1929 rendering for a 19 story building that was never built. I dream of pitching it

That still exists directly to the North. You can see the chapel behind the parking lot.

Only because of recent pressure! Not that long ago it would have to be no taller than it's neighbor

People did wild things back in the day. Potentially it was to be replaced with a taller building prior to the depression, maybe there was serious damage, who knows!

An 11 story Romanesque Revival building

Here's the building

What will blow your mind is that before it was a gas station it was an 11 story building: www.oldnyc.org#720791f-a

Not the headline I would have gone with. Buildings can be safer with one stair than with two, especially if you reduce the length of the corridor and number of apartments per floor.

Article here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/b...

Someone expressing anger about a NY times article about single staircase reform

People should read the article! The whole point is that the fire safety rules aren't actually making anyone that much safer!

Each county has to have a sheriff (and SF county = SF city)

Normally state law requires a separate sheriffs dept to handle civil things. So you kind of have to keep them separate.

The crazy thing about this is how over the course of decades it has literally contributed to the housing crisis! All of the SROs that kept people out of homelessness were lost to this practice!

www.thecity.nyc/2023/08/24/1...

Reporters building their brands does not buy a fixer, soundman, cameraman, producer, editor, flack jackets, helmets, satellite transmission, lawyers, etc. TV done right is incredibly resource intensive.

They actually outlawed it in parts of Chicago but only on blocks that had yet to majority convert

I love this article, because it's such a clear illustrations of an important point. The West Village is becoming a victim of its own strict zoning. The little details about the inhabitants show us how (thread).

Hopefully this list gets long quickly!

Something unthinkable happened today: Vickie Paladino, a NIMBY Republican, voted to approve new housing in her district.

Why now? November's @YesOnAffHousing.bsky.social ballot measures have completely changed the landscape of housing approvals in NYC.

WATCH: MAGA CM Vickie Paladino is crashing out because props 2-5 will allow affordable housing to be built in her Queens district.

These changes were designed as a backstop to prevent abuse of member deference, and ensure that every neighborhood does its part. They're working!

An 8 story apartment building

A literal country club is being replaced with an apartment building.

Previously through "member deference" Paladino would be able to block this project. However, with the new "affordable housing appeals board" if the council rejects it the Mayor and BP can approve it (and indicated they would)

Part III

Part II

NYC Council Member Vickie Paladino (R) crashing out over a new apartment building in her district that will likely be approved tomorrow due to the "Affordable Housing Appeals Board" adopted by voters last November.

It's long, but the whole 7 minutes is worth it!

zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-xi/c...

NYC's first Expedited Land Use Review Procedure (ELURP) project is underway!

A @nychousing.bsky.social disposition to create 84 100% affordable homes on a city-owned lot in Mott Haven will move through the new 90-day review process created by Charter reforms voters approved last fall. 🏘️🏗️

Brown has a conservation group at the library...other museums nearby might also and probably have programs similar to the Mets where they do conservation work for outside collections (eg the BK bridge drawings at the met right now)

A lot of sub 14 story affordable is block and plank