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Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 15h

I think it’s why Mexican cities are so much lower density than the rest of Latin America, as @elenoam.bsky.social has shown us

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 15h

Early reyes for me, this book on Carlos Contreras is hitting the spot - he brought US planning ideas to Mexico in the 1920s…

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 1d

👀 🏴‍☠️ ⛵️

Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 1d

What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history

Lucas Haasis @lhaasis.bsky.social · 1d

What secrets does a pirate graveyard keep? What stories are buried in one of the world’s most famous pirate cemeteries on Sainte-Marie Island, Madagascar – once a major 17th–18th century pirate hideout? Join us on Monday and find out: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#earlymodern #history

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 3d

an engineering drama about Nezahualcóyotl… Will the dike hold???

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 6d

Camilo ?

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 8d

New from me for Inside Philanthropy: California foundations need to decide whether they genuinely want to improve housing affordability or would rather keep funding NIMBY obstructionism in Sacramento. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/philant...

Philanthropy Needs to Pick a Side on the Housing Construction Debate

Despite California’s severe housing shortage, foundations are still funding on the wrong side of the housing fight there, guest author Ned Resnikoff writes.

www.insidephilanthropy.com

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 10d

Culver City FTW !

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 10d

Culver City's single stair ordinance has been approved by the state, so you can now build single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories

Joe Cohen @cohenhouse.bsky.social · 10d

Culver City's single stair ordinance has been approved by the state, so you can now build single-stair apartment buildings up to six stories

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 11d

h/t to @zacharyst.bsky.social

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 11d

Y’all see any new interesting housing / urban research lately? this one looks great helena-pedrotti.github.io/assets/docs/...

helena-pedrotti.github.io

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 15d

Omg amazing thank you!

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 15d

I found another one!

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 16d

Paris to Madrid in 6h woah como???

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 24d

We’re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040.

It’s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems ⬇️

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 17d

Parabens to the Fundacao Joao Pinheiro! panel is on now, here’s the English feed: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BL7x...

(tradução) 2º dia - Seminário internacional 30 anos da pesquisa do Déficit Habitacional no Brasil

YouTube video by Fundação João Pinheiro Oficial

m.youtube.com

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 17d

Most famous person to pass beyond the veil in Santa Monica ? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

Before Bad Bunny, the World Had Juan Gabriel

www.nytimes.com

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 17d

Noooooooooo

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 17d

with everything going on, don't you want to zoom to a conference in Belo Horizonte tomorrow morning at 8:45 PST to hear some housing nerds talk about vacancy and deficits?

fjp.mg.gov.br/seminario-in...

Seminário Internacional – 30 anos da pesquisa do Déficit Habitacional no Brasil |

Referência nacional em estudos e pesquisas sobre gestão pública e desenvolvimento social, a Fundação João Pinheiro irá promover o Seminário Internacional 30 anos da Pesquisa Déficit Habitacional no Brasil nos dias 11 e 12 de novembro/2025, no Auditório do BDMG,…

fjp.mg.gov.br

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 21d

Receipts! What did she say?

UCLA Lewis Center @uclalewiscenter.bsky.social · 21d

It was a pleasure to begin our 2025-26 Housing Lecture Series with @elpaavo.bsky.social

After two years in Paris, we're thrilled to have Paavo back in LA, and enjoyed his history/analysis on French social housing. 🇫🇷🏗️ His lecture is linked below

youtu.be/t2Yp8oPIAZw

Professor Paavo Monkkonen teaching a class in a gold room in Paris. Credit: Paavo Monkkonen

Paavo and family riding around the streets of Lyon during his sabbatical in France. Credit: Paavo Monkkonen

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 22d

A great block! Used to bike past here a lot

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 22d

How’s my hometown doing?

European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 24d

We’re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040.

It’s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems ⬇️

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 26d

anyone have the backstory on the revolutionary landlords of santa monica?

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 27d

North Korean cold kimchi noodles at Ham Hung is great. Risk your like and bike around! One classic trip is walking / biking wilshire blvd from downtown to the beach… If you want to go to LACMA I can hook you up. Let’s grab lunch or something!

Paavo Monkkonen @elpaavo.bsky.social · 27d

have you been here before? It’s hard to say, it’s a big city! the museum of jurassic technology is fantastic, and there’s some good food near there. Venice beach? I like small world books on the boardwalk. Walk around downtown, bradbury building maybe.