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99% Invisible did an episode recently about coverting office buildings to residential. Its an idea that I hear floated pretty often and sometimes get questions about as a structural engineer (I’m not that kind of structural engineer, so I never have much of an answer other than broad strokes, ha). Especially in the post covid, remote/hybrid work world.

I don’t think its really their finest work, but it is nice to see someone at least take a small dive into some of the issues these kinds of projects have to deal with. I think this topic deserved a bit more time and would have loved to see them do a mini series on it.

Anyway, I saw this thread get revived and thought this episode might be interesting to some folks here. Enjoy!

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Thanks for the shoutout @dtraleigh! In addition to Ken’s interview, this season I have chatted with:

  • Two episodes with Mary Sell (out today) and Bill King with Downtown Raleigh Alliance
  • Clayton Collins with CBRE Raleigh
  • Marcus Ginyard with Medalist Capital (and UNC and Pro Basketball)

and in 2 weeks I’ll release my chat with Brent Wadas of BotBuilt who is framing homes with robots!

If anyone has any guest suggestions, can you let me know with a reply?

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Here is an interesting video on the redevelopment of a Paris suburb that turned the place around:

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Hi DTR Community,
Please consider attending this event June 6th. Featuring Daniel Herriges, co-author of the latest Strong Towns book Escaping the Housing Trap.

If you have any interest please let me know

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Not sure if anyone has mentioned this already; but the City of Raleigh recently launched a podcast called Big Ideas Raleigh. Seems like a cool idea. Already a few episodes in the stream.

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This might be of interest to this community -

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Culdesac, as ironic a name if there ever was one, is the topic of today’s CityNerd channel video.

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I laughed at the name as well. Nice timing with the video. Imagine, light rail with density and innovation adjacent!! Will wonders never cease?

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Imagine not using the excuse of not having a robust rail solution while STILL pursuing development that prioritizes the pedestrian. IMO, there’s no reason why Raleigh can’t take learnings from this sort of development. I also appreciate that they are open to modifying their strategy and development model to be inclusive of some cars in a really surgical way.

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Traveling across the country this past year, Tempe is one of the only cities I would live in outside of the Raleigh or Durham. It’s fantastic and well connected. Street cars, light rail,10 mins from airport, scenic, and they are creating a walkable community from virtually nothing. Have long thought the culdesac concept would be great for the DMV site.

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Tempe is different, I will give you that…

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Mr Money Mustache spent a few months there, as well (warning: sponcon)

At least one news piece mentioned that they’d looked into sites in Raleigh, too.

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Except the summers are brutal there.

The Culdesac concept is interesting. I would love for a Raleigh developer to build something like this. Though with a different name. The name is horrible.

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I believe the name is not just the development, but also the developer. I guess “Dead End” was already taken…

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Interesting philosophy-focused look into “theme park cities-within-cities” like North Hills, Fenton, etc.

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These are the vibes I get in the new DT Cary Park.

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Very interesting article about why buildings today are simple and austere, while buildings of the past were ornate and elaborately ornamented. The answer is not the cost of labor.

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