Midweek Video: The Global Coffee Crisis Is Coming
https://youtu.be/6IN4ZcZAUbA
Global climate change is brewing a crisis for growing coffee. As annual temperatures rise, coffee plants are being threatened with mass withering. The global...
An Interview with Lonness Valenna, ‘Disgruntled Fairy Godmother of Housing’
Equality Coalition for Housing and Opportunity (ECHO) is co-hosting an 2SLLGBTQIA+ (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual) conversation with Share The...
Cities Built by the Mouse
The Unique Urbanism of Disney’s Movie Cities
For those of us who adore movies, seven months of pandemic has been a difficult drought. We’re down...
Sunday Video: What The Global Skyscraper Boom Really Means
https://youtu.be/ZfYkd6_Kdno
Is there any credence to the skyscraper index in forecasting economic downturns? Bloomberg Citylab explores this debated theory.
In the Before
My favorite part of the 5 is the slight right onto northbound Fremont Avenue. You’ve just come all the way from West Seattle, through...
Midweek Video: The Rise of The Ethnoburb
https://youtu.be/isGphfMP0n0
What are ethnoburbs? And how are they becoming an influential feature in cities? Quartz looks at one growing in New York City.
Sunday Video: Should Cities Expand Into The Sea?
https://youtu.be/Ak-kAdhh8-o
City Beautiful explores the topic of land reclamation, the process of turning shallow water areas into land.
Nathan’s Bus: Freedom From
“Here is really shitty,” she said.
It was an appraisal of frankness I wouldn’t have expected given her appearance—older than my parents’ generation, possibly much...