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@archi-amor.bsky.social
urban planning and historic preservation | architecture in the Buffalo metro and elsewhere | sharing my love for the built environment
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The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
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1250 HUBBARD, DETROIT, MI, 48209
August 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
1250 HUBBARD, DETROIT, MI, 48209
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Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes
July 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes
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There is a way out of the transit fiscal cliff! States & cities must commit the funds to supporting their transit systems, and preventing them from cutting service—or the result will be less ridership, more pollution, more traffic.
July 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
There is a way out of the transit fiscal cliff! States & cities must commit the funds to supporting their transit systems, and preventing them from cutting service—or the result will be less ridership, more pollution, more traffic.
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On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.
He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
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July 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility.
He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
Thread 👇
He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.”
Thread 👇
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You ranked Cuomo?
June 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
You ranked Cuomo?
I find temperatures over 80 fahrenheit mildly offensive as i literally start to melt like a popsicle
I don’t miss 5:00 sundowns but oh my god
I don’t miss 5:00 sundowns but oh my god
June 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I find temperatures over 80 fahrenheit mildly offensive as i literally start to melt like a popsicle
I don’t miss 5:00 sundowns but oh my god
I don’t miss 5:00 sundowns but oh my god
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gosh that doesn't sound like him at all
June 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
gosh that doesn't sound like him at all
A Queen Anne Victorian in the Masten neighborhood of Buffalo’s East Side. You can see some floral siding details poking thru the asphalt shingles on the turret.
June 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A Queen Anne Victorian in the Masten neighborhood of Buffalo’s East Side. You can see some floral siding details poking thru the asphalt shingles on the turret.
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Yesterday was Malcolm X’s 100th birthday.
Apparently someone is fixing up his old house in Inkster. I need to go see it (and learn more about the preservation effort)
Apparently someone is fixing up his old house in Inkster. I need to go see it (and learn more about the preservation effort)
May 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Yesterday was Malcolm X’s 100th birthday.
Apparently someone is fixing up his old house in Inkster. I need to go see it (and learn more about the preservation effort)
Apparently someone is fixing up his old house in Inkster. I need to go see it (and learn more about the preservation effort)
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(Looks at watch) we have about 4-5 summers left before you guys need to figure out if you’re a communist or not
May 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
(Looks at watch) we have about 4-5 summers left before you guys need to figure out if you’re a communist or not
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Also includes $2 million for I-5 lid planning.
House GOP hopes to eliminate funds for efforts to reconnect communities & improve access.
Projects that could lose fed funding include:
—Austin I-35 deck
—Atlanta Beltline south
—Buffalo Bailey Ave BRT
—Chicago Blue Line improvements
—Philly Chinatown Stitch
—Seattle Stride BRT
& many more
Projects that could lose fed funding include:
—Austin I-35 deck
—Atlanta Beltline south
—Buffalo Bailey Ave BRT
—Chicago Blue Line improvements
—Philly Chinatown Stitch
—Seattle Stride BRT
& many more
Reconnecting Communities projects are under threat. Here is what’s at stake and where: - Transportation For America
On April 30, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will look to cut billions in funding to enact the President’s agenda through the budget reconciliation process. They plan to repeal u...
t4america.org
April 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Also includes $2 million for I-5 lid planning.
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Go birds
April 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Go birds
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i genuinely want to know what the hell is wrong with this guy. he is a total monster and i am a little interested in how he got to be this way.
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, has begun baselessly claiming that birthright citizenship is a massive welfare scam.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
Miller has previously endorsed a theory called “remigration” that refers to the forcible removal of non–ethnically European immigrants.
Stephen Miller Unveils Bizarre New Attack on Birthright Citizenship
Stephen Miller has found a new excuse to ignore the Constitution.
newrepublic.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
i genuinely want to know what the hell is wrong with this guy. he is a total monster and i am a little interested in how he got to be this way.
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I am so full of rage and sadness right now. Fuck all the abusers and their enablers to hell. May Virginia Giuffre’s memory be a blessing.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
www.nbcnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I am so full of rage and sadness right now. Fuck all the abusers and their enablers to hell. May Virginia Giuffre’s memory be a blessing.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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“i’ve always been an ignorant piece of shit my entire life guys”
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“i’ve always been an ignorant piece of shit my entire life guys”
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they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy.
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
News: AOC had her strongest ever quarter, raising over $9.5m from 266k individual donors for an average of just $21.
AOC doesn’t take a dollar from lobbyists or corporate PACS. Our top donor professions are teachers and nurses. 64% were first time contributors.
AOC doesn’t take a dollar from lobbyists or corporate PACS. Our top donor professions are teachers and nurses. 64% were first time contributors.
April 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy.
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
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No matter what anyone tells you, yes, they lied to people about tobacco and fossil fuel combustion to protect profits. This is a fact. Do not let capitalists absolve themselves for their crimes against humanity.
April 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
No matter what anyone tells you, yes, they lied to people about tobacco and fossil fuel combustion to protect profits. This is a fact. Do not let capitalists absolve themselves for their crimes against humanity.
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More from my visit to Detroit. Such beautiful architecture.
March 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
More from my visit to Detroit. Such beautiful architecture.