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Zone In: What Happens When the Stadium Leaves? 🏟️🌊

Nov 3, 2026

Zone In: What Happens When the Stadium Leaves? 🏟️🌊

Cleveland’s 50-acre lakefront, Antwerp’s prize-winning parking lot, and a tiny Tennessee town writing data center rules ⚡

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Zone In: From Dead Mall to Data Center? 🛍️🖥️

Oct 27, 2026

Zone In: From Dead Mall to Data Center? 🛍️🖥️

A mall turned AI hub, a $50M road fix stuck in planning, and 13 condos behind a pizza place 🍕

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Zone In: Who’s Painting the Crosswalks? 🚸🎨

Oct 20, 2026

Zone In: Who’s Painting the Crosswalks? 🚸🎨

Guerrilla crosswalks in LA, a 72% jump in pedestrian deaths, and Istanbul’s buried creeks 🌊

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Zone In: Who Gets the Final Say? 🗳️🏗️

Oct 13, 2026

Zone In: Who Gets the Final Say? 🗳️🏗️

Plus: Housing fast tracks, data center standoffs, and a ferry-side rezone in a town of 21,000 ⛴️

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Zone In: The BQE, Locked In Until 2080 🛣️⏳

Oct 6, 2026

Zone In: The BQE, Locked In Until 2080 🛣️⏳

A $4B rebuild, a truck flyover at the Brooklyn Bridge, and Jan Gehl at 90 🎂

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Zone In: Who Gets the Curb? 🚗⚡🚲

Sep 29, 2026

Zone In: Who Gets the Curb? 🚗⚡🚲

600 new NYC chargers, a Yale study on why we actually walk, and Auckland's $5.5B rail bet 🚆

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