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Issue of May 1, 2006 |     |
Lots of TroubleA study regarding the lot sizes of newly built homes in Massachusetts, which revealed some disturbing trends, is starting to draw the attention of municipal leaders throughout the state, according to several recent news reports. Predictable Path The real estate market is a bit like a river: Any number of currents and eddies affect its flow in certain areas and a great many twists are encountered as it winds along its course. Once in a great while, a catastrophic flood may shake everything up, but for the most part, the ultimate direction of the flow is pretty stable. A Few Pedestrian Concerns By Hubert Murray “In every city I go to there is a commissioner for traffic and parking,” said the visiting architect and urbanist Jan Gehl last week at Harvard University. “In none, so far as I know, is there a commissioner for pedestrians.” Professor Gehl, now in his 70s, was presenting the wisdom of his 40 years of research and design for major cities around the world but most of all for his beloved Copenhagen. Eminent Domain for Economic Development Requires Caution By Jim Miara Next month is the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling in the eminent domain case Kelo v. City of New London, Conn., which sent Libertarians into high dudgeon, Red States into retrenchment and the rest of us into an uneasy quandary. The case involves property rights – an individual’s right to buy it, sell it, lease it, develop it, hold it, pass it on, etc. – vs. the government’s right to take it for public use (supposedly, with fair compensation). Check and Balance The Banker and Tradesman's political cartoon. |
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