<p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarabronin/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Sara Bronin</a> is an architect, attorney, policymaker, and professor at Cornell University. Born and raised in Houston, the only large US city without zoning, previously served as the Chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission of Hartford, Connecticut. Her book is called <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/key-to-the-city" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World</a>, and she joins Unfrozen to demystify the why and wherefore of what you can, cannot, and “must” build in cities all over the US.</p><p>--</p><p>Intro/Outro: “Elevator,” by The Cooper Vane</p><p>--</p><p>Discussed:</p><p>-         How large-lot mandates contribute to the epidemic of loneliness</p><p>-         YIMBY prevails in Arlington and Alexandria, VA</p><p>-         Re-zoning in Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, OR, and Hartford</p><p>-         Supreme Court ruling on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_v._Kraemer" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Shelley vs Kraemer</a>, 1948, outlawing racially restrictive covenants</p><p>-         Houston’s affordability comes at the cost of flood zones and unpleasant adjacencies</p><p>-         <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfton%2C_Houston" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Gulfton</a> neighborhood</p><p>-         <a href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/427175854066712/principe-azul-discotheque/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">El Principe Azul nightclub</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://ssti.us/publications/effects-of-parking-provision-on-automobile-use-in-cities-inferring-causality-mccahill-garrick-atkinson-palombo-and-polinski-2015/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Effects of Parking Provision on Automobile Use in Cities: Inferring Causality</a></p><p>-         Albany Avenue rezoning and <a href="https://www.vhb.com/state-and-local-governments/albany-avenue-corridor-improvements/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">corridor improvements</a>, Hartford</p><p>-         <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-best-9865a7143/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Denise Best</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form-based_code" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Form-based code</a></p><p>-         <a href="https://www.commanders.com/news/mayor-bowser-and-washington-commanders-announce-historic-deal-to-bring-the-team-home" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Washington Commanders’ new DC stadium</a></p><p>-         Code overhauls in Hartford, Charlottesville VA, and Boston</p><p>-         Bronin <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4570959" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">trashes</a> Boston’s zoning code</p><p>-         Pittsburgh <a href="https://triblive.com/opinion/editorial-the-high-cost-of-a-pittsburgh-master-plan/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">spends $5.8 million on zoning consultant</a></p><p><br></p>