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Henry Grabar
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staff writer @slate, author of Paved Paradise, editor of The Future of Transportation, Loeb Fellow '24

henry dot grabar at slate dot com
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I have a review out today of Mike Bird's smart new book, The Land Trap, which should be of interest to housers all over slate.com/business/202...
It’s One of the Most Valuable Things in America. It Can Crash the Economy. And It’s Beneath Every Home.
A new book by journalist Mike Bird argues that the real culprit behind the housing crisis isn’t buildings—it’s the land below them.
slate.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
help me out here cambridge, let's get this bike back to its owner!
henrygrabar.bsky.social Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 26d
did somebody steal your Infinity Boss Three this weekend in Cambridge? if so it is in front of my house, come and get it!
October 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
did somebody steal your Infinity Boss Three this weekend in Cambridge? if so it is in front of my house, come and get it!
October 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
amazing graph from @amandamull.bsky.social's latest that explains everything from lift pass pricing to vehicle design www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
incredible seeing a talent like this go in the 6th round
aluckmann.bsky.social Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · Oct 14
#158: Karl Wilhelm Ochs, Church of the Good Shepherd, Gütersloh (1960-62)
A red-brick church phtograpged in bright fall light. The sanctuary building is to the left. Narrow wooden piers divide a window wall. To the right, a rectangular church tower has openings that start 2/3 of the way up. Photo via Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Gütersloh, https://www.ekgt.de/kirchen/zum-guten-hirten/. A sanctuary with two rows of wooden pews either side of a central aisle. Light enters through a wall of clear windows on the far side. The ceiling is slightly curved, and made up of a grid of steel beams. The altar is simple and slightly raised. Photo by Subbass1 via Wikimedia Commons. A view back from the laltar to the entrance. Similarly, a simple interior with whitewashed walls. Simple round black lights hang from the ceiling. Photo by Subbass1 via Wikimedia Commons. Perspective sketch of church and interior by Ochs. From Architecture Museum of TU Berlin, https://architekturmuseum.ub.tu-berlin.de/.
October 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
New Ground Floor today, in which I discuss Wolfgang Schivelbusch's The Railway Journey + links to recent work onthegroundfloor.substack.com/p/constructi...
Construction loopholes, snuff films, the railway journey
It’s hard to believe I put in a decade-plus of writing about transportation before hearing about Freud’s theory on trains and arousal.
onthegroundfloor.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
Much to learn about life on the water in here.

"In Creative Anchoring, Captain Fatty Goodlander’s shockingly enjoyable 2015 how-to book about how to anchor sailboats.... " open.substack.com/pub/waterway...
Moby-Dick Book Club No. 3
Life at Sea, a Moby-Dick-tionary
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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kristoncapps.bsky.social
HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts
Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.
www.bloomberg.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
glad to know there's a company out there hiring writers
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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akgerber.bsky.social
Danielle Steele had 26 SF parking permits
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
Novelist Spurs Passion Over Parking
Dispute: In crowded San Francisco, Danielle Steel has permits for 26 spaces. City considers limits.
www.latimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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keawilson.bsky.social
Thrilled that someone finally made a documentary about the rail trail movement that treats that history for what it is: a fascinating and shockingly controversial story about the right to public space, which is every bit as epic as the battle against the highway movement (which sometimes overlaps).
The Shocking Untold History of America's Rails-to-Trails Movement — Streetsblog USA
Some of the fiercest battles for the future of public space in America have happened on abandoned railway corridors — and the battles aren't over yet.
usa.streetsblog.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
i'm gonna need a profile ASAP of the couple that parks 11 cars on the street in the South End www.wbur.org/news/2025/09...
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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cnn.com
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt
37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN
Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.
www.cnn.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
Omahans: This is tonight! www.eventbrite.com/e/parking-x-...
Parking x Place: How Parking Explains the World with Henry Grabar
Curious about how parking shapes cities? Join us for a discussion and Q&A that tells the story of how parking changed our world.
www.eventbrite.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Almost no one is building new apartments in Los Angeles. Here's why
The supply of fresh rental units, which make up the bulk of new housing in Los Angeles, is petering out despite robust demand.
www.latimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
am I watching things on television that are different from what’s happening?
September 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
8-year old Dasha Ramirez was playing with her brother at Millennium Park when Border Patrol took them. They’re now awaiting deportation to Guatemala. “We never imagined our Sunday would end this way, mother Noemi Chavez said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/29/i...
September 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
Where should I watch the Yankees game in Chicago tomorrow?
September 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
Chicago has five subway stops called “Western” including two on the same line!
September 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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brendelbored.bsky.social
First time this guy has ever made me laugh
Comedian Tim Dillon said on his podcast last month that he signed up for financial reasons. He said he had been offered "a large sum of money" - $375,000 for one performance - and said that other comedians had been offered as much as $1.6 million. He told his detractors to "get over it," adding, "So what if they have slaves, they're paying me enough to look the other way." But in an episode of the Tim Dillon Podcast last week, the comedian announced he'd been removed from the lineup for the comments he made about the country's record on slavery.
September 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
Devin Hester out here
wutangforchildren.bsky.social WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Sep 29
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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dmihalopoulos.bsky.social
In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'
The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
masked men snatching a family off the street in Chicago -- your tax dollars at work blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/28/a...
Armed Federal Agents Patrol Downtown, Make Arrest At Millennium Park, Witnesses Say
The federal troops were seen in Millennium Park, on the Magnificent Mile and in the Gold Coast — days after patrolling the Chicago River in a boat. "This is another brazen provocation from the Trump a...
blockclubchicago.org
September 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
Also, homicides are down 50% in Portland this year, to 17 YTD as of August.

But facts like these are irrelevant when Trump can say “sun rises in the west” and the Times reports it, context- and factcheck-free, as a just a statement (of seeming fact) by Trump.
Portland sees steepest drop in homicides among major U.S. cities
A brand new report found that homicides are down in Portland halfway through 2025 when compared to January through June 2024.
katu.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
henrygrabar.bsky.social
parking meters debut in Lincoln, NE, 1940:
September 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM