Name: Piet Terheyden's review of Capital City by Samuel Stein
Item: Capital City
Rating: 4
Author: Piet Terheyden

Samuel Stein

“This superbly succinct and incisive book couldn’t be more timely or urgent.” —Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map Our cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value of all the gold ever mined. It forms sixty percent of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world—the president of the United States—made his name as a landlord and developer. Samuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a unique window into the ways the state uses and is used by capital, and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising real estate values and rising rents. Capital City explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.

Gentrification and the Real Estate State

Capital City

Piet Terheyden

Luca Conti

Topic is great. Book is too technical and focused on USA. Dropped at 50%

A easy to read look at city real estate and financing through the lens of urban planning.

I found it quite interesting to learn about the catalysts and impacts of raised rent prices, gentrification and zoning. It's perspective is focussed on New York, but similar practices can be found internationally

Before reading it, I thought this book would probably mention the shady practices of Donald Trump, but was surprised by the length of explanation on his whole family's history of wealth and real estate.

If you're already deep into real estate, this might not be as much insightful for you as it was for me.

Joyce

"This superbly succinct and incisive book couldn't be more timely or urgent." --Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map Our cities are changing. Around the world, more and more money is being invested in buildings and land. Real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, worth thirty-six times the value of all the gold ever mined. It forms sixty percent of global assets, and one of the most powerful people in the world--the president of the United States--made his name as a landlord and developer. Samuel Stein shows that this explosive transformation of urban life and politics has been driven not only by the tastes of wealthy newcomers, but by the state-driven process of urban planning. Planning agencies provide a unique window into the ways the state uses and is used by capital, and the means by which urban renovations are translated into rising real estate values and rising rents. Capital City explains the role of planners in the real estate state, as well as the remarkable power of planning to reclaim urban life.

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Daniel Bower

Zoning closely related to police patrol scheduling in its often racist deployment. If this topic interests you I would highly recommend “Automating Inequality” by Virginia Eubanks.

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