What if these posters started appearing around your neighborhood? #MissingMiddle #UrbanTruth
LOST: Missing Middle Housing. Please help. Last seen 50+ years ago in cities everywhere. Please contact your elected officials to help find this housing. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
May 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
What if these posters started appearing around your neighborhood? #MissingMiddle #UrbanTruth
LOST: Missing Middle Housing. Please help. Last seen 50+ years ago in cities everywhere. Please contact your elected officials to help find this housing. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
May 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The housing is illegal. What’s actually missing is leadership.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle #GentleDensity
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle #GentleDensity
Turns out “Missing Middle” housing hasn’t been missing.
We knew where it was the whole time.
We made it illegal.
Never forget, housing choice is a leadership challenge.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
We knew where it was the whole time.
We made it illegal.
Never forget, housing choice is a leadership challenge.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
May 21, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The housing is illegal. What’s actually missing is leadership.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle #GentleDensity
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle #GentleDensity
Ground floor plan and cargo bike garage for the 'Four/Five'
#SingleStair
#MissingMiddle
#BikeOrientedDevelopment
#NoAssemblyRequired
#SingleStair
#MissingMiddle
#BikeOrientedDevelopment
#NoAssemblyRequired
April 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Ground floor plan and cargo bike garage for the 'Four/Five'
#SingleStair
#MissingMiddle
#BikeOrientedDevelopment
#NoAssemblyRequired
#SingleStair
#MissingMiddle
#BikeOrientedDevelopment
#NoAssemblyRequired
Some historical precedents for ground-oriented denser housing choices (what I dubbed #GentleDensity and what @danielparolek.bsky.social called #MissingMiddle) make you melt.
This is Schnoor Quarter in Bremen, Germany.
Nothing stops us from building something like this today, except our rules.
This is Schnoor Quarter in Bremen, Germany.
Nothing stops us from building something like this today, except our rules.
January 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Some historical precedents for ground-oriented denser housing choices (what I dubbed #GentleDensity and what @danielparolek.bsky.social called #MissingMiddle) make you melt.
This is Schnoor Quarter in Bremen, Germany.
Nothing stops us from building something like this today, except our rules.
This is Schnoor Quarter in Bremen, Germany.
Nothing stops us from building something like this today, except our rules.
Turns out “Missing Middle” housing hasn’t been missing.
We knew where it was the whole time.
We made it illegal.
Never forget, housing choice is a leadership challenge.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
We knew where it was the whole time.
We made it illegal.
Never forget, housing choice is a leadership challenge.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
May 20, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Turns out “Missing Middle” housing hasn’t been missing.
We knew where it was the whole time.
We made it illegal.
Never forget, housing choice is a leadership challenge.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
We knew where it was the whole time.
We made it illegal.
Never forget, housing choice is a leadership challenge.
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I found the #MissingMiddle !
It's at 24th Ave N. & Hyde street.
It's at 24th Ave N. & Hyde street.
October 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I found the #MissingMiddle !
It's at 24th Ave N. & Hyde street.
It's at 24th Ave N. & Hyde street.
March 27, 2026 at 8:57 PM
YIMBY Idol will be coming home with @texansforhousing.bsky.social #yimbytown #missingmiddle #housingall 3:15pm today!
September 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
YIMBY Idol will be coming home with @texansforhousing.bsky.social #yimbytown #missingmiddle #housingall 3:15pm today!
Missing housing.
Responds to “Middle.”
Last seen over 50 years ago in cities everywhere.
Help find it.
Please contact your elected officials. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
Responds to “Middle.”
Last seen over 50 years ago in cities everywhere.
Help find it.
Please contact your elected officials. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
May 18, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Missing housing.
Responds to “Middle.”
Last seen over 50 years ago in cities everywhere.
Help find it.
Please contact your elected officials. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
Responds to “Middle.”
Last seen over 50 years ago in cities everywhere.
Help find it.
Please contact your elected officials. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
A client spent half a million $ to pursue a site plan approval for a #MissingMiddle infill apt building; 30 months of delay, city fees, expropriations and otherwise killed the project. It stays a parking lot. @shawnmenard.bsky.social 1/ substack.com/@toondreesse...
September 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A client spent half a million $ to pursue a site plan approval for a #MissingMiddle infill apt building; 30 months of delay, city fees, expropriations and otherwise killed the project. It stays a parking lot. @shawnmenard.bsky.social 1/ substack.com/@toondreesse...
December 3, 2023 at 1:21 AM
Summertime Triple 📸
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #travelphotography #city #citylife #cityphotography #street #streetphotography #bwphotography #blackandwhite #urbanphotography #urban #cityscape #architecture #architecturephotography #missingmiddle #urbanist
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #travelphotography #city #citylife #cityphotography #street #streetphotography #bwphotography #blackandwhite #urbanphotography #urban #cityscape #architecture #architecturephotography #missingmiddle #urbanist
February 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Grungy Bay
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #art #architecture #architecturephotography #building #city #cityphotography #urban #urbanphotography #victorian #historic #missingmiddle #urbanism #newengland #sunset #goldenhour #patina #architecturaldetail #old
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #art #architecture #architecturephotography #building #city #cityphotography #urban #urbanphotography #victorian #historic #missingmiddle #urbanism #newengland #sunset #goldenhour #patina #architecturaldetail #old
April 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
LOST: Missing Middle Housing. Please help. Last seen 50+ years ago in cities everywhere. Please contact your elected officials to help find this housing. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
May 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
LOST: Missing Middle Housing. Please help. Last seen 50+ years ago in cities everywhere. Please contact your elected officials to help find this housing. 555-456-CITY
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
#UrbanTruth #MissingMiddle
Is this not why local authorities should be enabled and funded to build housing? #MissingMiddle
May 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Is this not why local authorities should be enabled and funded to build housing? #MissingMiddle
February 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Deux Duplex
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #summervibes #city #cityscape #smalltown #urbanism #urbandesign #missingmiddle #photographylovers #cozy #art #blueskyartshow #biophillic #biophilia #street #suburban #suburbia #asthetic #photooftheday #newengland #explore
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #summervibes #city #cityscape #smalltown #urbanism #urbandesign #missingmiddle #photographylovers #cozy #art #blueskyartshow #biophillic #biophilia #street #suburban #suburbia #asthetic #photooftheday #newengland #explore
March 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Starting to look like a real building! #Infill #MissingMiddle #OttCity @seandevine9.bsky.social @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
@architectsdca.bsky.social
@architectsdca.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Starting to look like a real building! #Infill #MissingMiddle #OttCity @seandevine9.bsky.social @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
@architectsdca.bsky.social
@architectsdca.bsky.social
Shingles and a Picket Fence
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #biophilia #urban #urbanphotography #architecture #architecturephotography #city #cityphotography #cityscape #town #smalltown #design #newengland #biophillic #explore #urbanism #missingmiddle #housing
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #biophilia #urban #urbanphotography #architecture #architecturephotography #city #cityphotography #cityscape #town #smalltown #design #newengland #biophillic #explore #urbanism #missingmiddle #housing
March 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Shingles and a Picket Fence
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #biophilia #urban #urbanphotography #architecture #architecturephotography #city #cityphotography #cityscape #town #smalltown #design #newengland #biophillic #explore #urbanism #missingmiddle #housing
Portland, #Maine
#photo #photography #pic #biophilia #urban #urbanphotography #architecture #architecturephotography #city #cityphotography #cityscape #town #smalltown #design #newengland #biophillic #explore #urbanism #missingmiddle #housing
The language I tend to use for #GentleDensity or #MissingMiddle housing is to “grow in” (infill that uses land better with smaller homes) rather than “grow out” (sprawl). I reserve saying “grow up” for mid-rise or high-rise growth, because I find height is often more triggering than density itself.
The obvious advice to sprawling cities: grow up !
NEW: “We’re all paying heavily for sprawl, whether we live there or not, and we’re all financially benefitting from infill housing, whether we live there or not.”
Happy to be part of this outstanding, devastating, evidence-based article on the BIG COSTS of bad planning. Via @nationalobserver.com.
Happy to be part of this outstanding, devastating, evidence-based article on the BIG COSTS of bad planning. Via @nationalobserver.com.
May 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
The language I tend to use for #GentleDensity or #MissingMiddle housing is to “grow in” (infill that uses land better with smaller homes) rather than “grow out” (sprawl). I reserve saying “grow up” for mid-rise or high-rise growth, because I find height is often more triggering than density itself.
Munjoy Hill, Portland, #Maine
House on the Hill
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #travelphotography #travel #newengland #smalltown #missingmiddle #city #cityphotography #cityscape #architecture #architecturephotography #quaint #asthetic #cozy
House on the Hill
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #travelphotography #travel #newengland #smalltown #missingmiddle #city #cityphotography #cityscape #architecture #architecturephotography #quaint #asthetic #cozy
April 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Munjoy Hill, Portland, #Maine
House on the Hill
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #travelphotography #travel #newengland #smalltown #missingmiddle #city #cityphotography #cityscape #architecture #architecturephotography #quaint #asthetic #cozy
House on the Hill
#photo #photography #pic #photographylovers #explore #travelphotography #travel #newengland #smalltown #missingmiddle #city #cityphotography #cityscape #architecture #architecturephotography #quaint #asthetic #cozy
Today's @missingmiddle piece! We look at the cost of building a condo unit in Vancouver, the taxes involved, and the $12,000 of tax-on-taxes.
How Taxes, and Taxes-on-Taxes Add Over $250K to a Vancouver Condo
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
How Taxes, and Taxes-on-Taxes Add Over $250K to a Vancouver Condo
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
May 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today's @missingmiddle piece! We look at the cost of building a condo unit in Vancouver, the taxes involved, and the $12,000 of tax-on-taxes.
How Taxes, and Taxes-on-Taxes Add Over $250K to a Vancouver Condo
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
How Taxes, and Taxes-on-Taxes Add Over $250K to a Vancouver Condo
Read here: www.missingmiddleini...
Be sure to visit St. Louis sometime! #stl #missingmiddle
September 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Be sure to visit St. Louis sometime! #stl #missingmiddle