Baby's First Public Hearing

My first time up close with our broken land-use and housing process

Readers: This week marks the completion of the fourth year of The Deleted Scenes—that’s four full years (every day except Sunday) of thoughtful, illustrated, locally rooted pieces on urbanism, culture, commercial history, and more. I’m offering a 20 percent discount for new subscribers, good until the end of Sunday. If you’ve been on the fence about upg…