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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 21: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 2: The River District, Introduction

Posted on August 9, 2019 by bhaggart

Same volume (one), but new chapter (2). Progress! In which I wonder exactly how deep Google’s pockets actually are. Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries and relevant documents available here Introduction (pp. 256-291) Here, Sidewalk Labs attempts to … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 20: The MIDP’s economic drivers: A Google-themed rerun of Amazon’s HQ2 debacle?

Posted on August 8, 2019 by bhaggart

Previous Master Innovation and Development Plan liveblog entries and relevant documents available here As if Sidewalk Labs’ MIDP wasn’t long enough, I decided I wanted to go deeper into the world they’ve created. If the MIDP is The Lord of … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 19: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 1: The Quayside Plan, Part 2: How it Works (III) and Public Engagement

Posted on August 7, 2019 by bhaggart

It’s the the final part of my voyage through Part 2 of Chapter 1 of Volume 1. Or, as I like to call it, the Middle of the End of the Beginning of the MIDP. Previous Master Innovation and Development … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 18: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 1: The Quayside Plan, Part 2: How it Works (II)

Posted on August 6, 2019 by bhaggart

In which Sidewalk Labs promotes the innovative nature of building tinier-than-currently-allowed apartments and I note the irony of Sidewalk Labs touting a transparency app in what is easily the most poorly designed non-transparent document I’ve ever had the misfortune to … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan, Entry 17: The MIDP Volume 1, The Plans; Chapter 1: The Quayside Plan, Part 2: How it Works (I)

Posted on August 5, 2019 by bhaggart

Continuing my voyage through The Plans. Note: This Part is pretty involved, so I’m dividing it into several posts. For a document that is supposed to set out a plan and give us some certainty, I have so, so many … Continue reading →

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