Vince Graham
@VincentGGraham
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Aspiring civic artist working to develop opportunities for the creation of enduring aesthetic, economic and social value.
Charleston, SC
Joined June 2009
Renaissance Florence produced more art in 70 years with a pop. of 70k than the whole of the world in the last 70 years (both by tonnage and by value). For music we have Salzburg, Vienna, and so on. The law of diminishing returns in city size and population is an iron law.
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Absolutely! The USA too! Regrettably, land use policies outlaw building these types of places while fiscal and transportation policies favor dehumanizing, automobile-scaled settlement patterns which, in addition to being incredibly costly, isolate, alienate and lead to a
By some estimates 9-11% of the population of Europe will suffer from some form of age related cognitive impairment by 2050, including dementia. Europe should take steps now to build cities that reduce the risk of dementia and other lifestyle related diseases by building cities,
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So very few people today build solid homes that are supposed to last indefinitely. @1000yearhouse
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From humble village to urban masterpiece, Enea Silvio Piccolomini’s redevelopment of Corsignano in Tuscany shows how bold vision and civic generosity can shape place and community. Corsignano: A Case Study of Development as Gift — Loci
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Lead Developer: Enea Silvio Piccolomini Lead Designer: Bernardo Rossellino In the summer of 2025, I returned to visit a small real estate development located in the region of Tuscany in central...
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“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” ~Henry David Thoreau. Sprawl apologists can learn from root-striker Rothbard...
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What the hell is a “free” way? To paraphrase Judge Doom: “Lanes of shimmering asphalt…traffic jams will be a thing of the past. Where people get on & off, off & on, all day, all night! A string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food,
@VincentGGraham Cc @GeneSohoForum Per Vince’s Bastiat quote and the topic of our transportation infrastructure, I’d enjoy a SohoForum debate on whether or not big box retailers (Dollar General, Super Walmart, etc) result from the free market and are good for consumers, or are they perversions
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Thoreau said “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.” Too often, “Free” marketeers are engaged in branch hacking. They need to re-read root-striker Bastiat’s essay “That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen.”
@isaacmorehouse You say cheap, I say subsidized. One thing is for certain: Nationwide chains offering low-priced, globally-sourced products are dependent upon the largest public works project in the history of humanity to get their goods from China to Dickson. Unlike the locally owned and
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An evermore cumbersome regulatory climate is a huge factor driving the decline in construction labor productivity, but an underappreciated-and-maybe-bigger factor is Talent Pool Competence. If you mount a hundred year long, society-wide campaign to discourage every ambitious,
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Brother Geoff and I discuss the bottom-up development strategy for I’On.
My brother and business partner @VincentGGraham joined me on @yeomanpodcast to correct some misconceptions about how the development of I'On unfolded. Many think I'On resulted from command-and-control and exhaustive planning. That was not the case at all. https://t.co/dZQdtBhhEs
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“Cheapway”… great term! Point of clarification… the interstate highway vision was set forth in the 1939 “Toll Roads and Free Roads” report and endorsed by FDR. Shortly after endorsing this “solution of city street congestion,” the Prez traveled to NYC to open the ‘39 World’s
@ggraham I have long supported subsidiarity as the best guiding principle for planning. The hijacking of Eisenhower's original interstate highway vision and imposition of what should be rural expressways is a glaring example. Cheapways https://t.co/Dc35suG7Uu kill $100million/mile +/-.
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To make it even more real-world, at your next holiday dinner, have family members pay a fee to attend, prescribe minimum plate sizes, maximum portions and require each food dish to be set back a minimum of 2” from the plate edge and 2” from every other dish. I’m also concerned
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U.S. Representative and gubernatorial candidate Nancy Mace recently celebrated securing a $25 million federal BUILD Grant for Dorchester County, describing it as “a major win for the Lowcountry.” The funding will five-lane U.S. Highway 78, add bike paths and sidewalks, which she
MACE WIN: When South Carolina needs results, we get to work and get it done. We fought for and helped secure the largest infrastructure grant in state history: $195 million for Long Point Road to strengthen the Port of Charleston and keep our economy moving forward.
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Defying the advance of de-humanizing mediocrity from the north, the resilience of Charleston’s beauty endures.
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“Multigenerational living has surged to a record high, with 17% of 2024 buyers purchasing homes designed for multiple generations…”
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The multigenerational home trend is being fueled by a "Silver Tsunami" of Baby Boomers...
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More Demand than Supply for Walkable Neighborhoods - So Why Aren't We Building More of Them? https://t.co/52CzQOrgdR
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Years ago, I lived in suburban Atlanta and commuted to the RCLCO office in Midtown. My Suwanee neighborhood was beautiful, featuring a large meadow park along the Chattahoochee River that my kids...
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Sprawl is a communist plot…
Actually, highways receive 5x more federal subsidies than transit. And a lot of that money comes from the general fund, not the gas tax. If government spending equals "communism", highways are the most communist infrastructure in America.
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Happy Columbus Day! Discovering the new world turned out to be easier than developing it!
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You’re welcome Ed! Great meeting you!
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