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Raphael Lopoukhine
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Climate & Circular Economy |
Rethinking waste, reimagining buildings, and refusing to settle for less.
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With all these microbrews propping up in Toronto, more and more people are calling them the Toronto Brew Jays
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Reposted by Raphael Lopoukhine
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.

Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Now do trees and Mexico city.

Then food trucks in LA

Followed by pedestrian/patio streets in Istanbul....
July 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only we had a progressive mayor, oh wait.
July 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reposted by Raphael Lopoukhine
• Canada has borne the brunt of the damage from US tariffs so far, with its long-run economy -1.9% smaller in real terms. China’s economy is -0.2% smaller, about 2/3 as large as the hit to the US. The UK’s is 0.2% bigger thanks in part to the benefits of US-UK trade deal.
8/10
July 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Agree this is well constructed. Shout out to the YIMBY OLP policy team!

I wonder if this argument works if the goal is improved environmental outcomes, which do get lumped into the NIMBY/YIMBY red tape reduction conversation.
June 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM