My Latest from The Nation.
Just a note -- this column runs through the first week of April, after which we will return to all our normally scheduled content! I've never had to publish twice a week before and it's really taking a lot out of me.
If you've been around architecture and urbanism circles for the last few years, you might have heard about something called "single-stair" layouts. While not a new concept (it's been present in European multifamily buildings for a very long time), single-stair apartment buildings have, like upzoning before it, become the latest concept to gain "it will fix our cities" panacea status among a certain type of pragmatic liberal urban pundit.