Urban Development Mugs

Gentrifiers of Catan

'Phase Two : More of the same'

"We've decided to add forty floors."

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

"We'll take it."

"I can remember when this was all farmland."

Sowing the seeds of property

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

Simplified Map of London.

"Sure, it will be an eyesore, but after we build a lot of them, it'll fit right in!"

It was hard to put a price on progress. Real hard without a calculator.

What Population Problem?

"Great for worship then! Great for retail now!"

Road work ahead - Be prepared to stop.

US Infrastructure Deteriorating

Progress.

Industry and environment

Building an inferiority complex - debate over land use.

'...And as suburban sprawl continues to grow, many people are finding themselves living uncomfortably close to their wildlife neighbors.'

'Wait a minute! Aren't you the chap who refused planning permission on the St., Mary's church extension?'

"This city is going to hell! That used to be a parking lot."

Garden Shop/New Homes Coming Soon!

Pardon our dust as we continue to remodel every square inch of planet Earth!

Real Estate Depression

Country Living . . . Coming Soon: More City.

"We finally reached net zero emissions."

Urban Expansion

A house being demolished in order to make way for a road widening scheme, with the occupants being evicted.

'Housing shortage, what housing shortage?'

When this is buildings we can say we remember when all this was fields.

'They had the idea to fix the roads by killing mass transits.'

'We would like an unspoiled paradise, but with lots of shops.'

'There goes the neigborhood.'

Make Way For Progress...

'An inconvenient truth meets an all-too convenient one.