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Alex Spike is 60% done with Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
His systematic approach reminds me of other thinkers teehee
— Aug 15, 2025 04:45AM Add a comment
Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis



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Alex Spike is 50% done with Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America
Take a shot every time this guy says “the economy of the future” or whatever 😂
— Apr 30, 2025 10:54PM Add a comment
Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America

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Alex Spike is on page 180 of 368 of Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
The first chapter about the transformation of Bogota made my teary!
— Apr 03, 2025 04:39AM Add a comment
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design






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Alex Spike is 30% done with A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
Gross eventually quit Chicago Real estate mired in debt and checked himself into John Harvey Kellog sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, famous for enemas and virulent racism”

Ah the life of a midwestern con man
— Jan 01, 2025 08:46AM Add a comment
A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing


Alex Spike
Alex Spike is 6% done with The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition
An entire country with out monetary policy where everyone is paid in whiskey or apple jack or rum? Uh oh!
— Sep 23, 2024 04:08PM Add a comment
The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition

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Alex Spike is 66% done with The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Fantastic must read book. A slam dunk against Robert Moses and the urban planning establishment of the time. Great concepts to bring forward
— Sep 23, 2024 04:07PM Add a comment
The Death and Life of Great American Cities

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Alex Spike is 15% done with The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
This book is a lot of fun and paints a great picture of post war new York’s built environment and social infrastructure.
— Sep 23, 2024 04:05PM Add a comment
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

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