Carolyn Ristau @CarolynRistau
A Pittsburgh-based writer and zoning guru who enjoys traipsing around cities. Joined June 2012-
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More thoughts on how we can reduce complexity in #zoning through #plainlanguage.
Henderson, KY, promotes morals through #zoning. #MoralsMonday library.municode.com/ky/henderson/c…
Obscurity in legislation continues today. #zoning in the US is guilty of this evil. Let's reduce the evil by writing #zoning in #plainlanguage.
First stop in urbantraipsing's new series exploring former World's Fair sites is #SanFrancisco. urbantraipsing.com/2024/04/15/san…
Florence, KY, uses #zoning to promote #morals. #moralsMonday online.encodeplus.com/regs/boonecoun…
Monday is the 5-year anniversary of the fire at Notre Dame. urbantraipsing.com/2024/04/13/not…
Let's reduce complexity in #zoning and write it in #plainlanguage.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. I imagine the #Pittsburgh Architectural Club's August 1920 issue of The Charette will resonate with people who have more recently submitted an application for #buildingcode or #zoning review. digitalcollections.library.cmu.edu/node/87740
Richmond, KY, regulates #morals through #zoning. #moralsMonday buildrichmondky.com/wp-content/upl…
I found #bridges at the intersection of urbantraipsing and archival research on #Pittsburgh. urbantraipsing.com/2024/04/05/byg…
"Experience America" is this month's #publicart feature on urbantraipsing. urbantraipsing.com/2024/04/01/lea…
Covington, KY, regulates #morals through #zoning. #moralsMonday online.encodeplus.com/regs/covington…
And the winner is.... #bridges #Pittsburgh #BridgeMadness urbantraipsing.com/2024/03/29/bes…
More #bridge disasters. #Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last night after being struck by a cargo ship. urbantraipsing.com/2024/03/26/fra…
#MoralsMonday #zoning Lexington-Fayette County zoning code: codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/lexingto…
#Pittsburgh's East Liberty Station and Duquesne University #pedestrian #bridges go pier-to-pier for the championship in #BridgeMadness 2024. Vote for you favorite by noon on Wednesday (3/27). The winner will be announced on March 29. urbantraipsing.com/2024/03/22/bri…
It's a tight race in the Final Four! Cast your vote by noon tomorrow (3/20) to advance your favorite bridges to the championship in #BridgeMadness 2024. urbantraipsing.com/2024/03/15/bri… #Pittsburgh #bridges #pedestrians
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Imagine how many people could pursue their dreams and start small businesses if we allowed spaces like this.
Worldly Wednesday 🌏 Any 2-story rowhouse in Tokyo, the owner can operate a restaurant, boutique, or small workshop on the ground floor. That gives the city an incredible supply of potential unique microspaces that are affordable for entrepreneurs. Ottawa should legalize this.
A great step forward for #zoningreform in Pennsylvania! @APAPAChapter
Pittsburgh City Council voted unanimously Monday to allow the production of townhomes and row houses city-wide. triblive.com/local/affordab…
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Planners are a driving force behind the @ZoningAtlas from providing & checking data inputs to explaining on-the-ground zoning realities in communities. Proud to partner with @sarabronin & the NZA team to demystify & build support for #zoningreform nationwide #ItTakesAPlanner
🎧 A must-listen for planners! NZA founder @sarabronin this week on @APA_Planning's podcast: "We hope that when planners use the tool, as they think about policy analysis & reform, that they delve into all of the different facets the tool can be used for." planning.org/podcast/nation…
Sometimes people dispute my steel-contraction explanation for current Pittsburgh trends. It was a long time ago, right? It happened across the Rust Belt, right? Here is my compilation of the largest population declines across all US MSAs in the 80s. Pittsburgh is different. 1/x
Reducing minimum lot size rules in Austin could unlock new "backyard lots" that could be turned into new homes. austinchronicle.com/news/2024-04-1…
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37% of all 33,071 city-planted street trees line the streets of Pittsburgh's top 15 wealthiest neighborhoods. Meanwhile, several lower-income neighborhoods have fewer than 10 ... pghcitypaper.com/news/pittsburg…
Photo by Esther Bubley, Pittsburgh Greyhound station, 1940s via the late William McCloskey
No matter how hard you try, you can’t separate housing from the transit conversation. I’m looking at you, Nashville 👀
Transit Follows Density. Southern cities are shooting themselves in the foot by fighting the latter. Phil Veasley (@Urban_Connector) reports. loom.ly/YiRhwxc
@davidvatz @byjustinwier @bobbywilson412 @CarolynRistau ArcGIS map of affected city lots is here: pittsburghpa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboard…
@CarolynRistau @byjustinwier @bobbywilson412 It's funny that the solution all along is just "let people build homes on their lots the way that they did before these crazy rules". Great that we're finally getting it right!
Great pro-housing win in Pittsburgh today, with City Council unanimously agreeing that rowhomes can be built on any residential lot citywide - a great win for affordability. Thanks @bobbywilson412 for the leadership on this critical issue. triblive.com/local/affordab…
🚨YIMBY win alert🚨 - rowhomes and townhomes are now legal citywide in Pittsburgh! Great coalition of citizens, community groups, and non-profits advocated for this. Thank you to @bobbywilson412 for your leadership and the rest of council for passing this unanimously!
Great pro-housing win in Pittsburgh today, with City Council unanimously agreeing that rowhomes can be built on any residential lot citywide - a great win for affordability. Thanks @bobbywilson412 for the leadership on this critical issue. triblive.com/local/affordab…
The gap between the rhetoric and reform on housing crisis is so wild. We're in a crisis? So we're suspending arbitrary zoning rules? Doubling permitting/inspection capacity? Slashing fees? No? We're just doing another study and maybe tinkering on the margins with rules? Ah.
Ropemaker Mary Pattison Irwin arrived in Pittsburgh in late spring 1787. One of her granddaughters wrote that Mary immediately realized the rivers would provide a great market for rope. This photo got me wondering if Mary’s first sight of our village was blanketed in fog.
There was a lot more going on than we’re aware of in 1890s Pittsburgh…
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5/ Photos like ⬇️ of Julia at CMU ~ engaging & enthusing female high school tech students ~ make my heart sing.
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