Burgerbanism – Underground Pizza in Downtown Silver Spring
Nat and friends check out the newest spot in downtown Silver Spring, which serves Detroit Style Pizza, a Midwestern varietal of cheesy bread slathered in marinara sauce.
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Author: Nat M. Zorach
Follow The Sharrow To My Heart: An Urbanist Valentine’s Day
Love comes in many typologies and densities. This Valentine’s Day, you can celebrate by thinking about some parallels between relationships and cities!
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“Bike Lanes Are Against My Morals,” Says Ohio Woman
The economics of parking are simple. Convincing community members, though? Sometimes not so much.
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Shutting Down Trade With Our Largest Trade Partner To Own The Libs
Though mostly vaccinated, Canadian truckers have been protesting a new vaccine mandate that affects cross-border truckers. The protests, which have clogged the Canadian capital for weeks, have now come to Windsor, where they are blocking the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge. And for what?
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Everyone And Their Mom Is Making An Electric Car. Few Will Prevail.
Sony makes great headphones and great gaming consoles. Will they be able to make a great EV? Will everyone wading into the increasingly muddy waters of the “blue” ocean of electric vehicles be able to compete? Probably not.
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“You’re Entitled For Suggesting People Take Public Transportation Instead Of Stranding Themselves On I-95” – Midatlantic Liberals
A rare, intense blizzard in the Midatlantic US snarled traffic on I-95, leading us to wonder: how is the car obsession even so engrained on the East Coast that people can’t imagine not driving cars?
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The Real Cost Of A COVID Test? It Depends.
In a city whose government has aggressively and continually underfunded public transit, human services, and infrastructure, it can sometimes prove
Read MoreYear-End Wrap-Up: Handbuilt’s 2021 Reading List
2021 was, in many ways, even weirder than 2020. Was the pandemic finally over? Or was it just another series
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“It Is What It Is”: With Omicron Rampant, Will Trump Country Notice?
The novel coronavirus hit cities hard at the beginning of the pandemic. But in 2021, it is disproportionately killing rural Americans– closely along party lines. Will the rapid spread of the novel omicron variant make this trend even worse?
Read MoreChristmas 2021: Handbuilt’s Naughty Or Nice List
Every year, we at Handbuilt Heavy Industries, Incorporated, feel the need to wrap up with a Christmas-y list of everyone who
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