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Benjamin Schneider

Architecture and Design

"The Architecture of Adult Entertainment," CityLab
"8 Buildings By Frank Lloyd Wright Added to UNESCO World Heritage List," CityLab
"Is This Red, White, and Blue Elephant Worth Saving?" CityLab
"In the Face of Climate Change, Architects Must Consider Local Ecology and Social Context," Metropolis
"Meet Seattle's Snazzy New... Electrical Substation?" CityLab
"100 Years of Designing for U.S. National Parks," CityLab
"The Rise and Fall of the Exuberant Airline Map," CityLab
"Bjarke Ingels Group and WXY Reimagine Downtown Brooklyn," CityLab
"A Field Guide to California Urbanism," The Urbanist

Transportation

"What Happened When I Rented an E-Scooter for (Almost) a Month," CityLab
"With Trains Like the Schwebebahn, No Wonder Germans Love Public Transit," CityLab
"CityLab University: Induced Demand," CityLab
"Behold San Francisco's $2 Billion Bus Station," CityLab
"Why Little Vehicles Will Conquer the City," CityLab
"Five Breakthroughs That Could Make You Love the Bus," CityLab
"The Unhelpful Ways Cities Talk About Bike Helmets," CityLab
"Is Streetcar Rage Justified?," CityLab
"How Park(ing) Day Went Global," CityLab
"What Keeps Bike Share White," CityLab
"Why is it so hard for the Bay Area to Build Megaprojects," SF Curbed
"These maps show what transit in the Bay Area could look like in 2040," SFGate, based on a longer Medium post
"This map shows what transit could actually look like in San Jose and Silicon Valley in the 2040s," SFGate, based on a longer Medium post
"There's Something About Scooters," Slate
"Scooter Ridership Surged in 2019. What Now?" CityLab

Housing

"CityLab University: Shared Equity Homeownership," CityLab
"Why Cities Must Tackle Single Family Zoning," CityLab
"The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Political Issue," CityLab
"Meet the PHIMBYs," CityLab
"How Transit Oriented Development Can Prevent Displacement," CityLab
"The Global Housing Crisis," with Richard Florida, CityLab
"In California, Momentum Builds for Radical Action on Housing," CityLab
"What Will it Take to Fix San Jose's Housing Crisis?"CityLab
"Liberal America's Single Family Hypocrisy," The Nation
"Bringing Equity to the Forefront of Urban Planning," Shareable
"Fix California's Housing Crisis, Activists Say. But Which One?" CityLab
"How to Make a Housing Crisis," CityLab (review of Golden Gates by Conor Dougherty)

Business and Technology

"Snapchat's Foray Into the Future of Maps," CityLab
"How Google Can Help San Jose Become a Model of Inclusive Urbanism," with Richard Florida, CityLab
"The Quiet Rise of the Downtown Tech Campus," CityLab
"From the Ruins of a Retail Meltdown, Post-Industrial Playgrounds Emerge," The Atlantic
"Your Entire City is an Instagram Playground Now," CityLab
"The Ultimate List of Top Contenders for Amazon HQ2," with Sarah Holder and Alastair Boone, CityLab
"The Second Life of Sears's Massive Distribution Centers," The Atlantic

Arts and Culture

"In 'Neo Yokio,' Dystopia Looks All Too Real," CityLab
"Jerry Paper," Rare Candy
"The Meta World of Cole Kush," Impose
"The Evolution of Airline Safety Videos," CityLab
"Social Cyborgs," The Baffler
"Digital Dualism Enters the Museum," SC Exhibitions Showbiz Culture Magazine
"It's Everyday, Bro," Back Talk
"Remembering Julia Vinograd: the Bubble Lady," Street Spirit
"Bloody Thursday: how people's park became a battleground," Street Spirit

Politics and Policy

"What Ed Lee Did for San Francisco," CityLab
"What San Francisco's Mayoral Race Says About the City's Progressive Soul," with Alastair Boone, CityLab
"What Just Happened in San Francisco," with Alastair Boone, CityLab
"Homelessness takes center stage in Berkeley's City Council race," Street Spirit

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