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Revisiting Euclid v. Ambler at 100

How a flawed 1926 ruling still undermines American values, ingenuity and self-reliance

Published on Southern Urbanism • Aug 10

Land Use Lessons from Mel Brooks on His 100th Birthday

Satire, it turns out, is an unavoidable part of American progress

Jun 23 • Aaron Lubeck

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Why the New School for City Builders

City Builder Aaron Lubeck back interviews me about the origins of this podcast.

Published on Build the Next Right Thing • Jun 17

Introducing "Lubeck’s Hierarchy of Needs"

Great development is the end result of preconditions currently unmet.

Jun 4 • Aaron Lubeck

How Mexico City Underwrites Culture through Art

Lessons from the Metro

May 25 • Aaron Lubeck

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Recent posts

But Seriously, Aren’t We Kind of Being Pricks?

A Marblehead, MA citizen demands a "Modica" of Respect

May 12 • Aaron Lubeck

Come to This Year's Congress for New Urbanism

There will be much to learn from Northwest Arkansas

Apr 22 • Aaron Lubeck

How Burrowing Owls Lead to Vomiting Anarchists (or, North Carolina's Housing Crisis Explained)

12 Years ago today, the first shot against NIMBYism was fired.

Apr 14 • Aaron Lubeck

Happy Birthday to Mr Rogers, the Original YIMBY

He was a pioneer in how media can cure culture for the better

Mar 25 • Aaron Lubeck

Duke Lacrosse, Durham & 20 Years

A debacle for decency, did we learn anything?

Mar 12 • Aaron Lubeck

Rick Cole on Why We Stand Up to "The Experts"

Why the Moses–Jacobs fight never ended—and why it’s getting worse

Mar 4 • Aaron Lubeck

All Four Sides Are Fronts

You can tell a lot about the quality of a development by looking past the facade

Feb 25 • Aaron Lubeck

What Courtyard Housing + Faith Housing tell us about The Scale of Sociability

Shared values may increase the size of circles of trust

Feb 18 • Aaron Lubeck

Housing <> Rail Trails | Belong Together

Durham's Rail Trail will be cool. Could have been better. Lacks housing.

Jan 28 • Aaron Lubeck

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