http://localhost/taxonomy/term/309/all en http://localhost/2009/04/26/squatter-urbanism-comes-to-america <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In previous posts I argued that <a href="/how-is-a-subdivision-possible/">the only way a modern housing subdivision was possible was by the creation of a permanent, extreme housing crisis</a> by the authorities attempting to control development. Now this housing crisis is catching up with American cities and a phenomenon that was until then limited to dysfunctional third world countries, squatter camps, is popping up all over the country.</p></div></div></div> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:35:00 +0000 Mathieu Helie 128 at http://localhost http://localhost/2007/11/30/how-is-a-subdivision-possible <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden prose"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The subdivision is the dominant building typology of contemporary urbanism. The prototype subdivision was <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;time=&amp;date=&amp;ttype=&amp;q=levittown,+new+york&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=40.725665,-73.504715&amp;spn=0.065566,0.160675&amp;t=h&amp;z=13&amp;om=1">Levittown, Long Island New York State</a>. Built for soldiers returning from the war, it served the role of emergency housing in a crowded post-war. In that sense, the mass-produced uniform housing estate had a useful purpose.</p></div></div></div> Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:02:12 +0000 Mathieu Helie 84 at http://localhost