Henry Grabar
Slate
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Henry:
What Americans Are Getting Wrong About the Surge in Urban Crime
And what an old, discredited theory got right. → Read More
What Did In an Entire Generation of American Mayors
Lori Lightfoot joins an undistinguished club. → Read More
New York Wants to Demolish the Best Thing That Came Out of the Pandemic
All to get back a few parking spaces. → Read More
We Finally Know Why It Costs So Damn Much to Build New Subways in America
A new report makes it clear. Fixing it is another matter. → Read More
How One City’s Traffic Plan Kicked Off a Global Right-Wing Freakout
Move over, Agenda 21. There's a new urban-planning conspiracy in town. → Read More
The Grim Reality About Saving People Trapped by an Earthquake
It isn’t just the magnitude that determines how many people die. → Read More
What Kind of NIMBY Is Steph Curry?
Like his wealthy neighbors, the NBA star came out against mixed-income housing in his town. Here's why he lost. → Read More
A Texas Suburb Is Trying to Shut Down a Day Care After Golfers Complained
Not in your backyard. → Read More
One Thing People Will Still Splurge on When They Move to the ’Burbs
The car-centric lifestyle isn't everything. → Read More
“Hundred-Year Floods” Are Happening Way More Often Now
On the history, and obsolescence, of a crucial metric. → Read More
An Entirely Sensible Housing Plan in New York (That Is Nevertheless Going to Make Suburbanites Go Nuclear)
For America's most exclusionary towns, Kathy Hochul's new proposal nearly counts as radical. → Read More
Not Another Teen Curfew
Cities have turned to an old standby to reduce crime. There's just one problem. → Read More
What Elon Musk’s Absurd Twitter “View Counts” Really Tell Us
We looked at how great tweets stack up to great events. → Read More
What Made the Buffalo Snowstorm So Deadly
Western New York is used to winter weather, but this was different. → Read More
How Cities Will Survive After COVID
No longer can they thrive by putting business leaders first. They have to serve a different need. → Read More
Why the Dream of Turning Empty Offices Into Housing Is a Bust
Downtowns could use it. That's not enough. → Read More
The Misleading Thanksgiving Claim Making the Rounds
Reports of turkey inflation are rampant. We cry fowl. → Read More
How I Got Inside Elon Musk’s Head
With a burner Twitter account that only follows the people he does. → Read More
What Happens When an Entire City Votes on Closing a Street to Cars
Testy hearings. Angry drivers. Dueling ballot measures. And finally: Election Day. → Read More
No Amount of Plexiglass Will Solve CVS and Walgreens’ Problems
Locked cases. Shuttered branches. A standby of city life in the 21st century is firmly in decline. → Read More