Pencilling Out
Zak YudhishthuNotes on housing policy and urban economics. Twin Cities and Chicago-focused.
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Minneapolis needs to reduce minimum lot sizes
Two older homes on small lots in the Seward neighborhood. Photo credit: Evan Roberts
This post was also published by Streets.mn, whose editorial team once again provided valuable contributions.
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Can new studio apartments open more homes for families?
How do we encourage more families to live in cities? Increasingly, the policy conversation has focused on high urban housing costs. Many of our cities are too expensive, pushing families to look for cheaper housing in the suburbs.
There ha...
When America's downtowns ruled the world
If you’ve lived in an American metropolitan area old enough to have been urbanized by the early 1900s — which is many of them — you’re familiar with your city’s downtown. Perhaps you’ve visited it regularly to shop, work, or attend events....
Life next to the great urban barrier
This essay was first published in The Pub, a relatively new print publication based in Chicago. It’s distributed for free in cafes and other shops throughout the city. I think it’s a great endeavor focused on building community here, and te...
Reflections on a year of reading Chicago
Alexander Calder’s Flamingo, with the Sears Tower in the reflection. All photos in this post are my own.
I’ve now lived in Chicago for about a year and a half. I came here soon after graduating college and leaving Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Writing about urban economics and housing, mostly in the Twin Cities and Chicago.
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