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Chico CA mega-planning / zoning project

Alan Forester-Kaiser ·

From Chico Enterprise Record 12/06/22 CHICO — Valley’s Edge, the largest development project Chico has seen, got a 5-2 recommendation last week from the planning commission and seems to be on its way to becoming a reality. The plan, which is about 14 years in the making, came from developer Bill Brouhard who began looking […]

That Which Is Seen — And That Which Is Not Seen

Social Liberty ·

Frederick Bastiat In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause — it is seen. The others unfold in succession — they are not seen: […]

History of Zoning in the US — Euclid vs Ambler 1926

Alan Forester-Kaiser ·

Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926), more commonly Euclid v. Ambler, was a United States Supreme Court landmark case argued in 1926. It was the first significant case regarding the relatively new practice of zoning. The Supreme Court’s finding that local ordinance zoning was a valid exercise of the police power bolstered zoning in the United States and influenced other […]

Anti-Zoning Project: The Jute Mill of Kolkata

Alan Forester-Kaiser ·

From 1874 to 2006, the Surah Jute Mill was part of the sprawling network of jute production in Kolkata. Since then, it has been sitting vacant in an otherwise centric and lively neighborhood. With land being in high demand and low supply in the city, we view the site as an opportunity to provide […]