On a recent morning partway through France’s historic heat wave, Dhafer Kahri, an air-conditioning technician, let me join him on a house call to an apartment in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, where he was trying to bring a unit back to life. Kahri’s phone rang so often—several times an hour, all day long—that he worked with his AirPods in.
Vandals have done some senseless stuff on Bay Area Rapid Transit. They have removed the fire extinguishers from the station walls and sprayed them all over the place, for example. But what particularly vexed Alicia Trost, the chief communications officer for the train system that connects San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, was their destruction of map display cases at stations across the system: “You could not see the maps for years.”
Now you can.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
The YIMBY movement gathered in New Haven—and revealed its biggest vulnerability.
It’s called modular construction, and it could allow apartments to be constructed within a week.
It’s called modular construction, and it could allow apartments to be constructed within a week.
It’s called modular construction, and it could allow apartments to be constructed within a week.