Joshua Amaral

Proud to be a Whaler. Community development, housing & education policy, leadership, sports, laughs. Serving my community. Personal page, views here mine only.

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

Let’s try it out. https://t.co/fMMhxU0E9B

[Amy Dain @amydain]

1914 Boston Globe: "The adoption of the tenement house act will prevent the erection of the 'three-decker' house and insure the erection only of desirable residential buildings.

MA Tenement House Act of 1912 created an opt-in for towns to limit development of apartments.

[Will Sennott @willsennott]

New Bedford. Still a whaling port 150 years later

[Brad Hargreaves @bhargreaves]

I don't think this is getting enough attention right now

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

It was awesome spending time talking about housing and homelessness with this bright group of young people taking part in Crossroads summer Leaders Program!

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

Appreciating the unappreciated /43

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

Before attending Harvard Law School, Rehan Staton worked in sanitation, refurbishing dumpsters. He started a non-profit to help celebrate support staff for their efforts. https://t.co/9jgV8QnLvX

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

Steve Hartman doesn’t miss.

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

In January of last year, when Gean LeVar's husband died in their Glendale, AZ, home, the house was in such terrible condition that police were forced to condemn it. LeVar was taken in by neighbors across the street, who "adopted" their new grandmother.

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

“I don’t believe it either!” /42

[CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday]

A few months ago, Memphis gym owner Roderick Duncan noticed a homeless man, 24-yo Bryan Taylor, sleeping in one of his old, unlocked cars. Duncan shooed him away, but Taylor returned. Then, Duncan tried a different approach. https://t.co/JTADPhUQou

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

Highly recommend

[The 33rd Team @The33rdTeamFB]

We recently had Bill Belichick on for an exclusive interview to discuss:

🔹 His career journey
🔹 Coaching some of the greatest ever
🔹 What he would do if not coaching
🔹 The current #Patriots defense

Full interview ⬇️

[Amy Dain @amydain]

Interesting 1977 analysis of zoning in the Boston Globe. Article titled "What went wrong with zoning?"

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Today's Poetry Thread: FATHERS

Let's help people find the perfect poem for Dad in this thread. Feel free to add poems.

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

@TracyNovick Come visit the birthplace of Robert’s Rules https://t.co/v2z3H7jYjX

[Samuel Hughes @SCP_Hughes]

The town South Bend in Indiana has pre-approved a set of standard house designs. This aims at lowering the planning costs of simple, attractive infill development. Apparently this happens fairly often in the USA.
https://t.co/KXYnP7Z69N

[Thomas Carrieri @Thomas_Carrieri]

The Heat are 0-3 since A-Rod & Jeter sat courtside during Game 4. 👀

[Joshua Amaral @JoshAmaralNB]

@berkie1 Theme park simulating density/walkability, that you drive to.

[Fitzy Mo Peña @FitzyMoPena]

TAYLOR SWIFT: Thank you Boston, what a great audience!

*thousands at Gillette Stadium deliriously scream*

TS: Now it’s time for a special song. It’s one near and dear to my heart, I bet you all know it.

*long strum on guitar*

🎶Who do you call when your windshield’s busted?🎶

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently taking the simple and obvious action for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.

[B&S @_B___S]

The animal handlers at the Oregon Zoo took Elephant around to meet some other animals. The sea lions were her favorite.

[Albert Breer @AlbertBreer]

I would read a 5,000-word investigation into the decline of coffee cup lids. It’s like a disease that’s spread everywhere.