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Dissecting Euclid
Returning champion Aaron Lubeck joins me to discuss his exceptional piece called, “Revisiting Euclid v. Ambler at 100,” which he posted on his Substack “On Housing.” Aaron also posts and helps curate “Southern Urbanism” - an excellent publi...
Learning from Rocket City, USA
Architect, Author, Photographer and New Urbanist Steve Mouzon joins me to tell his story about the emergence of New Urbanism in a location that many would consider unlikely. Huntsville, Alabama might be known for Space Camp, but it’s not wi...
Overcoming the Fear-Industrial Complex
We bring back my brother Dean on this episode, to talk about how we often let our fears overrun our lives, and how to get beyond them. Dean is not just one of my favorite humans on the planet, he’s also a clinical psychologist, author of a...
Rethinking Infrastructure Finance
It’s very easy for all of us to get caught up in status quo bias. We live the way we do, it must be fine, right? The way things are surely is the way they’ve been for a very long time, and probably got this way for good reasons. Or so we th...
Is the Housing "Crisis" Real?
I get personal in this episode, in order to ask questions about the nature of what is called the “housing crisis.” Are we all just doom-pilling way too much?
As a case study, I talk through the life and history of my parents, and discuss w...
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Welcome - my name is Kevin Klinkenberg, and this site "The Messy City" is my personal blog. I started blogging on urban planning and design issues in 2007, and began working in the field in 1993. Thanks for reading.
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