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Later this month a new exhibition will open at the Guggenheim Museum called Countryside, The Future . Produced by architect Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal (Director of AMO ), the focus of the exhibition is on non-urban areas -- or, the 98% of the earth's surface not occupied by cities. The 21st century is being called an urban century. But the argument here is that "the countryside is now the site where the most radical, modern components of our civilisation are taking place." If you're going to be in New York, this one should be worth checking out. It's on my list. Here is a teaser video that was just released by the Guggenheim:

https://youtu.be/eTbH5RWb66o

Aaron Renn's latest article in the Manhattan Institute is about how America's top cities can "grow to new heights." Usually when we talk about urban problems, it is because of failures. But in this case, it is about problems of success (though I suppose you could argue these are still failures).

Cities such as New York and San Francisco have, in his view, stopped thinking like growth cities and that is leading to high home prices and overburdened infrastructure. But we all know that these problems are not unique to only "superstar cities."

Not surprisingly, Aaron argues that we need to stop implementing land use policies that only exacerbate our housing supply problems. Things like rent control and inclusionary zoning. And in some cases, it may be time for states to start intervening in local planning decisions.

For the full article, click here .

We landed in Calgary last night, stopped for a bowl of pho noodle soup, and then did the three hour drive into the BC interior. This year's " annual " is in Fernie, British Columbia. It's my first time here and the snow is everything I was promised. And since I have been meaning to post more photos on this blog, here are a few that I took today on my iPhone (with only minor edits made in VSCO). More to come, here .