two schemes. same number of bedrooms. scheme on left: 80' deep floor plates, double loaded corridors. almost exclusively studio bedrooms. 33% open space. point access blocks on right: 55% 3BR, 11% 2BR. 44% studio. 50% open space. most dual/corner aspect. PAB uses 70% FAR of double loaded corridor

Interesting how they didn't really make an official distinction between a 1-family house used as a 1-family house and a 1-family house used as an SRO in the old tax records--1938 & 1974 records below. In essence, separating the typology from the use, and focusing on the typology.

Portland's zoning reforms in action: a single house in St Johns, last sold for $505K, becomes 9 2-bed 2.5 bath homes, arranged around a common green space. They're now on the market for $350K-$390k. www.redfin.com/city/30772/O... (First spotted by Neil Heller, who isn't on here yet.)

Here's the deal: You can't have it both ways. You can't both be for "eliminating regulations" to limit housing construction and also be against changes to single-family zoning.

Many beloved historic buildings are simple boxes, like this one in #Watsonville. It provides 100 homes over shops. What makes it memorable? Not wild (& expensive) façade articulation. It's the judiciously-placed terra-cotta ornamentation in the places where it matters: around doorways & windows. /1

Holy crap, @holz-bau.bsky.social found the most insane floor! Five-story 2BR/2BA, 1,264-sq. ft. house. Entry and garage on the ground, kitchen on the 2nd floor, bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms on the 3rd and 4th floors, and then a living room on the 5th floor (?!?) my.matterport.com/show/?m=qiGP...

In 1992, when I stumbled on Don Shoup's writings, most planners had never heard of him. The ones who had thought he was crazy. Becoming a parking reformer back then was a lonely business, but I always felt sure we'd win in the end. I wrote about it here: usa.streetsblog.org/2015/03/30/d...