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americans traveling with two under six.

partner left all our passports on a train in a small bag and a staffer picked it up and left it at the lost and found near geneva and by coincidence we went to the same lost and found and got it.

otherwise would have had to go embassy in bern monday after the us holiday.

we also enjoyed the cars for kids. amtrak should look into that!

u/bewidness — 3 days ago

prescription glasses in wengen

american here. misplaced some eye glasses while in wengen and surrounds and wondered if any place was worth checking. sunglasses i can confirm the style. leaving today so probably too late for a local connection.

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u/bewidness — 4 days ago

Sacramento State Sees a University District as the Future of Downtown Growth

U.S. universities have been doing a great job of taking office buildings and converting them into classrooms and other academic uses.

Would love to see a school like USC or UCLA announce an expansion in L.A.

Was reading something saying the international students haven't come back in a big way so maybe a bit perilous to bet big.

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u/bewidness — 11 days ago
▲ 5 r/yimby

Brisbane’s Big Bet: How a Tiny Bay Area City Is Writing Its Industrial Future

Brisbane Calif replacing a quarry with housing and data centers. Doubling population.

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u/bewidness — 13 days ago
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The Case for City Repair

https://urbanland.uli.org/the-case-for-city-repair

Architect Alan Pullman, AIA, founding partner of Studio One Eleven, discusses how a philosophy rooted in repairing and strengthening existing places grew to encompass affordable housing, adaptive reuse, community engagement, and a broader understanding of what buildings can do for people and communities.

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u/bewidness — 14 days ago
▲ 10 r/StrongTowns+1 crossposts

The Case for City Repair

Architect Alan Pullman, AIA, founding partner of Studio One Eleven, discusses how a philosophy rooted in repairing and strengthening existing places grew to encompass affordable housing, adaptive reuse, community engagement, and a broader understanding of what buildings can do for people and communities.

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u/bewidness — 13 days ago

Is Retail Underbuilt? Or Is It the Same Mismatch We See in Office and Elsewhere

Some saying at a conference that retail needs more development but many cities have high vacancy, so should that be repurposed or can it be salvaged?

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u/bewidness — 20 days ago
▲ 18 r/yimby+2 crossposts

Why Federal Building Reforms Are Stalling

Just will be interesting to see if GSA can sell or lease many buildings given the chaos from DOGE etc where you wouldn't want to flood the market with properties that no one wants.

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u/bewidness — 20 days ago
▲ 5 r/RealEstateDevelopment+1 crossposts

From federal office buildings to surplus municipal land, underused public assets are attracting developers seeking sites for mixed-use projects, housing, and economic development.

Both DC government and feds working to offload land that isn't doing anything.

Specifically talks about George Mason in Arlington which is kind of an underdeveloped part of the orange line.

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u/bewidness — 26 days ago
▲ 34 r/yimby+2 crossposts

Economist Snapshot: The Rising Cost of Data Center Pushback

Question for the sub: Are data centers being located in the exurbs in non-U.S. countries and we just aren't hearing as much about it? Would it make sense to build them some place colder so they didn't need as much air conditioning? Just thinking about where it would be optimal to build some or more given the push back they seem to be getting. In the U.S., could the Dakotas or say Iowa or Kansas be a possibility or it's happening everywhere?

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u/bewidness — 25 days ago
▲ 89 r/crheads+1 crossposts

Finally watched Shorsey

Thanks to CR. The wife and I knocked it out over the weeekdn. So good! Seriously, if this show doesn't put a smile on your face you're probably not human

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u/Legitimate-Cupcake26 — 29 days ago
▲ 488 r/yimby+1 crossposts

A simple way to lower everyone’s property taxes — Compact neighborhoods cost cities half as much to maintain. So why don’t we build more of them?

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u/bewidness — 1 month ago
▲ 11 r/yimby+1 crossposts

Can Ultra-Low-Cost Housing Scale?

Do you think this could work, maybe some where along 66 where there are vacant lots? or even parts of DC? There is a city owned lot near me in Near Northeast where they are putting in some kind of urban farming concept but there are quite a few unhoused people in the area as well.

Also posting here because the Urbanism sub sucks and is lame now so let me know if this is too much as it's not really in DC.

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u/bewidness — 1 month ago
▲ 46 r/DMVurbanism+1 crossposts

Alibi (Washington DC) at No. 6 on NA 50 Best 2026

Reactions?

I’ve been to Albi within their first year of opening and in no way did I think it was worthy of being in the 50 Best list (beating out Atomix and Cesar, mind you) nor deserving of a 1*.

Has it changed drastically in the last few years? Anyone agree or disagree who’ve been?

EDIT: Oops misspelled Albi** in title. Can’t fix.

u/GoatsMilq — 1 month ago