Hannah Hoyt

Thinking about the city. Currently designing buildings in Los Angeles, formerly @HarvardGSD, @hraadvisors, @nycgov

[Jibreel Jalloh @JibreelJalloh]

Today was supposed to be the first day for the next NYC Urban Fellows cohort.

We penned an open letter urging @NYCMayor to #SaveNYCUrbanFellows.

Signed by,

Urban Fellows, gov friends, concerned NYers, an elected, candidates for elected office, etc.

https://t.co/OeEajYvhmV

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

For 50 years, recent grads (myself included) have started their careers in public service through the NYC Urban Fellows program. Now @NYCMayor is trying to cut the program at a time when having young people in govt. is more important than ever! #SaveNYCUrbanFellows

[Jessica Helfand @jessicahelfand]

I have been waiting for this story my whole life https://t.co/eKArzwBtSC

[Lee Bey @LEEBEY]

Mies van der Rohe, #USPS, January 28, 2016, 5:35pm.

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

Store and post office, Liberty, WA

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

On the topic of the @USPS , I have been digging through some archives and finding it notable the many different ways people use the post office (besides the mail) -- below is post office + barber shop in Nevada.

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

The Historic American Buildings survey began in 1933 when the @NatlParkService dispersed 1,000 unemployed architects to document buildings across the country...seems like as good a time as any to do it again?

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

This is great! @HarvardGSD -- which studios will be joining?

[Zoë Berman @Studioberman]

Few days ago I asked suggestions for long-form/ non-traditional/ fringe journals and magazines working in sphere design, architecture, place making @tontita00 has collated this incredible list - resource to learn, teach, broaden knowledge, diversify. Here: https://t.co/K6r1P6BGXz

[Curbed @Curbed]

"As a profession, we don’t all talk about our role in redlining. We don’t talk about equitable resource allocation. We have been complicit in warehousing people." —@drclwilks https://t.co/HIuah2YhKn

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

Into a research rabbit hole (what services do post offices in other countries offer....) and I've learned that SwissPost's slogan is "simple yet systematic".....and at one point they ran a rural bus system that transported both people and mail

[Brookline for Everyone @Bline4Everyone]

Analysis from @jenny_schuetz
& @hchoyt on the negative impact parking requirements have on housing costs.

"[P]arking minimums are 20th century relics that deserve to be retired."

https://t.co/Bi26uvzdax

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

🚨🚨🚨just now in legal hearing, the government said it would rescind its guidance saying international students would not be given visas/would be subject to deportation if their classes go completely online due to covid

[Samantha Power @SamanthaJPower]

“The order came down without notice—its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness.”
- ⁦@Harvard⁩ President Lawrence Bacow, explaining lawsuit over #Trump #ICE rule forcing foreign #students to leave US if being taught online because of #covid. https://t.co/2pKgMmgskQ

[Deb Haaland @DebHaalandNM]

Today was a huge win for our indigenous brothers and sisters fighting the #DakotaAccess pipeline. Our land is sacred and we will always defend it.

https://t.co/H43TPZAf6W

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

what is happening here....

[Every Lot in Cambridge @everylotcambma]

31 Harris St - Empty lot. Last sold: 9/4/2008, $600K. Current assessment: $10K. https://t.co/89Z6QdjryW https://t.co/q7ToioCMAd

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

Asking the questions that need asking about planning and design, including "how can urbanists remain singularly focused on fighting inanimate objects — like cars — while actively ignoring human rights..." -- read more from @bambinoir

[Jenny Schuetz @jenny_schuetz]

And while we're thinking about ways to dismantle systemic racism, let's not forget that community opposition to affordable housing (or really, even market-rate rental hsg) is one of the pillars of systemic racism. Fixing our housing approval process is a civil rights issue. (end)

[Hannah Hoyt @hchoyt]

Final piece with @jenny_schuetz on multifamily housing. In short - quality construction, design and environmental performance all need to come together in affordable housing. And none of this can happen w/o policy changes at Federal, State and local levels.

[Jenny Schuetz @jenny_schuetz]

One reason (pretext?) why people often oppose affordable housing in their nhood: they expect it to look ugly. Like Robert Taylor Homes. To which I say, ok boomer. My 4th & final piece w/ @hchoyt explains how good design is within reach for affordable hsg.
https://t.co/juori1AsqZ

[Harvard JCHS @Harvard_JCHS]

Despite tight budgets, there are strategies #affordablehousing developers can use to build apartments that are visually appealing, offer comfort and convenience to residents, and meet the requirements of safe, healthy #housing. https://t.co/JUbszg1Oz5 @hchoyt @jenny_schuetz