Happy #caturday from Gustavo; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DPIXEpXjK7X/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DPIXEpXjK7X/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54816860910 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54816860910_9b2d15488e_b.jpg

It's International Red Panda Day! Throwback to meeting Pabu in June; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DO04SZeDXDy/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DO04SZeDXDy/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54800013018 […]

Join me and 100s of other fans of Greater Greater Washington next Wednesday! https://ggwash.org/event/ggwash-fall-mixer

Screenshot 2025-09-16 15.12.49; <a href="https://www.policymap.com/data/moodys-housing-shortfall" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.policymap.com/data/moodys-housing-shortfall</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54791995586 […]

Screenshot 2025-09-16 15.11.05; <a href="https://www.policymap.com/data/moodys-housing-shortfall" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.policymap.com/data/moodys-housing-shortfall</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54792256283 […]

YIMBYtown 2025 presentations Two presentations given at YIMBYtown 2025: Expanding Infill Affordable Homeownership Pathways 2. Who killed Missing Middle Housing – and how? http://westnorth.com/2025/09/15/yimbytown-2025-presentations/

20250803_161254; Eckhart Park / Noble Square, Chicago - new construction; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54785051820 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54785051820_9242299326_b.jpg

Happy #caturday from resident Castiel; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DORgR64D8Dp/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DORgR64D8Dp/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54769837889 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54769837889_ca83e6b3d5_b.jpg

Horse jumping competition; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DORb9d5D1It/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DORb9d5D1It/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54769518176 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54769518176_d85f981c94_b.jpg

movie night; Baltimore Streetcar Museum screening of "Avalon"; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54766179907 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54766179907_673c526ce7_b.jpg

Redbud, Skyline Drive; Color-changing branch, almost reminiscent of 'Flame Thrower', at Nicholson Hollow trailhead, Skyline Drive; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54767370415 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54767370415_dda82932bd_b.jpg

Redbud rootstock sucker 1; Hmm, why would you plant two redbud trees so close?; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54767258469 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54767258469_3660a471a7_b.jpg

Redbud rootstock sucker 2; ...because the upright branches are from the rootstock that's also supporting the 'Covey' weeping branches (seen ~4000 block 14th St NW); a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54767014211 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54767014211_51be7ca736_b.jpg

#mbtpubroll rolling early to Right Proper

#mbtpubroll itinerary adjusted for expected but welcomed rain. 5:30PM at Lost & Found, back patio if possible 7:30PM (weather permitting) to Right Proper T St. Come one, come all, come pub roll 🚲🍻✊ #freedc

#caturday at the streetcar museum; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DN_3VRzjGsk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DN_3VRzjGsk/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54754228477 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54754228477_5343ba12ac_b.jpg

Falls Road streetcar museum tree progress; Trees as of August 23, 2025; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54740559323 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54740559323_d0504ae309_b.jpg

Falls Road streetcar museum tree progress; Trees as of August 23, 2025; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54740702855 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54740702855_dfc86ca87b_b.jpg

Falls Road streetcar museum tree progress; Trees as of August 23, 2025; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54740576004 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54740576004_844d5950db_b.jpg

Falls Road streetcar museum tree progress; Trees as of August 23, 2025; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54740575339 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54740575339_b71ee624da_b.jpg

??? Train; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DNmbaprM3UW/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DNmbaprM3UW/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54734483966 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54734483966_432f3527b0_b.jpg

Relocation and step counts; <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09321-3" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09321-3</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54732401505 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54732401505_29bb814713_b.jpg

20250728_203842-EDIT; Austin Texas: Rainey Street District's new skyline over the crowd waiting below the South Congress St. bridge for the nightly bat awakening; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54718222396 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54718222396_6bbeb16dc0_b.jpg

"urban transit" has never meant so little #parkingcrater; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DNMcmVlPVuc/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DNMcmVlPVuc/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54712756856 […]

20250809_143254~4; Summer Streets Park Avenue, Grand Central Terminal and Pan Am Building; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54712209545 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54712209545_3ccdb6cb1f_b.jpg

Old & new on a NYTM Nostalgia Ride; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DNLfotyuwAP/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DNLfotyuwAP/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54712028018 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54712028018_a58a7d4c7e_b.jpg

Attentive audience: 🐶 or ?; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DNKOVxaMX2o/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DNKOVxaMX2o/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54710837301 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54710837301_4d2392cea0_b.jpg

This #caturday kitten liked to hunt the stick, not the toy attached to said stick #OrangeCat; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DNKOEWIMN2l/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DNKOEWIMN2l/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54711035638 […]

Apartment profit margins, 1933; Low-rent apartments cannot earn money -- even in the depths of the Great Depression (1933), such apartments only earned their owners a profit if they deferred maintenance or left bills unpaid. Homer Hoyt, "One Hundred Years of Land Values in Chicago" <a […]

Rebuilt CTA Red Line station at Argyle, light canopy; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DNBL6v9sFm4/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DNBL6v9sFm4/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54704056060 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54704056060_75d780c7e5_b.jpg

Happy #caturday from this kitten; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DM3BEi-ATaI/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DM3BEi-ATaI/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54695352719 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54695352719_a1fd37e29a_b.jpg

Great to be back in Chicago; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DMyGCjfP4rY/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DMyGCjfP4rY/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54691662983 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54691662983_8698099023_b.jpg

Happy (sand) #caturday; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DMTIglusvGv/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DMTIglusvGv/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54665531979 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54665531979_1198f346d4_b.jpg

Feeling beachy; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DL3oiWwMqw2/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DL3oiWwMqw2/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54643076590 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54643076590_5df367b33d_b.jpg

Old town, Paraty #carfree #WorldHeritage; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DL3kC6aMTMF/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DL3kC6aMTMF/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54642963063 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54642963063_b64d0c9925_b.jpg

After days shrouded by clouds, Jesus saw the light!; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DLvDFC-vxTm/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DLvDFC-vxTm/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54635184423 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54635184423_a516af280b_b.jpg

Too tall, not enough parking, ruins neighborhood character, entirely blots out the sky #artdeco #rio; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DLqD9TuvrRN/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DLqD9TuvrRN/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54631404285 […]

Located a trolley station cat (though not the station museum); View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DLqDw0cPKFO/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DLqDw0cPKFO/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54631304809 […]

First stop: funi #funicular; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DLnBLHCuVtN/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DLnBLHCuVtN/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54628835085 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54628835085_47c501cbff_b.jpg

22039 carbon footprint; <a href="https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator" rel="noreferrer nofollow">coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54624682424 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54624682424_d8ef1582db_b.jpg

20005 carbon footprint; <a href="https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator" rel="noreferrer nofollow">coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54624682419 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54624682419_97534108b2_b.jpg

One Weird Trick cut in-town new-house prices in these three growing cities by $200,000. What was it? Zoning, of course. Read more in @ggwash: https://ggwash.org/view/99928/where-re-legalizing-starter-homes-cut-new-house-prices

S Durham St in upper Fells Point, with "For the Love of Tropics" mural by Jaz Erenberg; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DLSz_1tPxEg/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DLSz_1tPxEg/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54611445176 […]

I've 2 @ggwash articles this week about how zoning changes could re-legalize moderately priced starter homes and quickly cut $200K+ off the cost of new houses in established neighborhoods. Today, learn about how; on Friday, learn from three growing cities where it's already worked […]

S Durham St, Fells Point, Baltimore; "Lady Day Block" where Billie Holiday lived for a few years as a child; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54606649267 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54606649267_5f09188d38_b.jpg

S Durham St, Fells Point, Baltimore; ; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54607716684 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54607716684_49a4238512_b.jpg

310 W Brookland Park Blvd ext; downstairs is Ruby Scoops, an acclaimed ice cream shop <a href="https://richmondbizsense.com/2021/02/16/mixed-use-redevelopments-planned-for-brookland-park-boulevard/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">richmondbizsense.com/2021/02/16/mixed-use-redevelopments-...</a>; a […]

310 W Brookland Park Blvd int; Ground-floor apartment unlocks 8 more units upstairs; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54607464601 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54607464601_5abe90a4b0_b.jpg

Happy #caturday from Fancy #catcafe; View on Instagram <a href="https://instagr.am/p/DLLj_JCsrV3/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">instagr.am/p/DLLj_JCsrV3/</a>; a photo at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/54604976171 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54604976171_9e93e8d802_b.jpg

Triangle housing growth # + % from Census; source <a href="https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov/arcgis/apps/experiencebuilder/experience/?id=3a87e24a2ec54e01ab277a12d467e7d9&page=Housing-Unit-Change-Viewer%3A-2020-to-2023&views=PERCENT-AND-NUMERIC-CHANGE" rel="noreferrer nofollow"> […]