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Scott Lowe

@tropicostation.bsky.social

Mostly aviation photography here. Socal private pilot into all aspects of aviation, animation, and YIMBY/urbanism. I volunteer with a transitional housing shelter, the Civil Air Patrol and World Central Kitchen. https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottlowe

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Scott Lowe@tropicostation.bsky.social · 5d ago

Dubious claim to fame: I went to the Burbank new terminal grand opening last week and may have been the first Uber pickup from the new terminal. The road wasn’t visible on the map, so I put a pin on Hollywood Way, called the very patient driver, had him drive up to security and talked him in.

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(°○°)@rarecryptid.bsky.social · 5d ago

Minor potentate so charmed by a mechanical bird whose movement and song is so lifelike that they demand the bird or else have a tradesperson executed is a beautiful story thst echoes through time.

Kirsten Bladh@kerstanley.bsky.social · 3w ago

Why can't LA build more affordable housing? Well, you see, because a building located in an R5(CW) zone shall not cast a shadow on a lot located in the R4 or R5 zone for more than two hours each day between the hours of 9AM and 3PM on the Winter Solstice and 9AM and 5PM on the Summer Solstice.

A corrective comment from a zoning review for a 100% affordable housing project in Los Angeles that reads, "BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES ON A LOT LOCATED WITHIN THE R5(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY SHALL NOT CAST SHADOWS ON A LOT LOCATED IN THE R3 OR R4 ZONE, OR THE R4(CW) OR RC4(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY FOR MORE THAN TWO (2) HOURS EACH DAY BETWEEN THE HOURS F 9 AM AND 3 PM ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND 9 AM AND 5 PM ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. THE PROJECT APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SHADE. SHADOW ANALYSIS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR PROJECT PERMIT COMPLIANCE REVIEW."
Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · last yr.

I know America can build things quickly and efficiently because we do it for cars all the time. The slow, arduous permitting and construction processes we have for public transit, bike infrastructure, green energy, and housing are a policy choice that we are free to stop making whenever we want.

Doug Gordon@brooklynspoke.bsky.social · last yr.

This is true, but another example we cite in the book Gov. Josh Shapiro's response to the I-95 collapse in Philly. A fix was supposed to take months, but he declared an emergency, got all hands on deck and reopened it with a temp lanes after just 12 days.