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Photo Friday: Head on
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National links: The philosopher and the freight
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Breakfast links: 525 housing units on Tastee Diner site gain preliminary approval
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Do Something: The week of July 22, 2024
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Recent Posts
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Photo Friday: Head on
Stop in your tracks, look straight ahead: These head-on shots from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool capture striking lines, angels, and slopes from well-known and lesser-known corners of our region. Keep reading…
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National links: The philosopher and the freight
Vancouver’s First Nations turn to real estate as reconciliation initiatives open up development opportunities. As an economic development strategy, the Olympics aren’t necessarily all they’re cracked up to be. Urban delivery hubs can keep big, polluting trucks off urban streets while getting packages where they need to go. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: 525 housing units on Tastee Diner site gain preliminary approval
The sweet taste of more housing: Preliminary plans approved for 30-story building on Tastee Diner site. Urban planning 🤝 public health in Arlington & DC’s top fitness ranking. Warehouse development moves forward in Ivy City. Keep reading…
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Do Something: The week of July 22, 2024
This week on Do Something: the music scenes that made us; GGWash goes to high school; please fill out your ANC candidate questionnaires; making Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County less terrible; and still waiting for Arlington’s missing middle verdict. Keep reading…
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Seven more reasons Montgomery County needs a social venue license
Montgomery County doesn’t have social venue licenses, meaning dive bars and nightclubs cannot operate in the county. Here are seven reasons why that should change. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New homes in region cost less per square foot than existing
New homes in Washington region now $48.30 per square foot cheaper than existing homes. Arlington County Board approves $4.5B capital improvement plan. DC to invest $10M in transportation for students with disabilities. Keep reading…
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Why no one’s building middle-income housing in American cities
How much a home costs has everything to do with how much the land underneath it is worth. Understanding “highest and best use” helps explain why no one’s building middle-income housing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Montgomery County rent stabilization goes into effect
With county council vote, Montgomery County rent stabilization goes into effect. Downtown DC condo project is a five-year size outlier. What will the $14M Rosslyn Gateway Park revamp cost? A view. Keep reading…
Breakfast links: 525 housing units on Tastee Diner site gain preliminary approval
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Montgomery County Planning Board approves preliminary plans for 30-story building on Tastee Diner site
The Montgomery County Planning Board unanimously approved preliminary plans to build a 30-story mixed-use building with 525 housing units on the former Tastee Diner site in Silver Spring. The developer intends to keep the diner car on the site. Some nearby residents voiced concerns about traffic, height, and property values prior to the vote. (Elia Griffin / MoCo360. Tip: Former Commenter)
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Arlington and DC ranked America’s first and second fittest cities
A study from the American College of Sports Medicine ranks Arlington and DC as the nation’s two fittest cities, using metrics that take into consideration cities’ built environments and urban planning decisions through factors like trails, bike paths, and parks. While DC ranked second overall among the nation’s 100 largest cities, it fared lower in areas related to mental health. (This article may be behind a paywall.) (Tamilore Oshikanlu / Post)
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Warehouse development moves forward in Ivy City
Douglas Development’s plans for a 186,000-square-foot warehouse on New York Avenue NE in Ivy City are moving forward. The developer has filed a Planned Unit Development and map amendment. Plans for the site in question have evolved over the last decade. (DC UrbanTurf)
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Greater Washington Essentials
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Affordable “How"sing
- Why affordable housing can’t pay for itself
- Understanding the District’s Housing Production Trust Fund
- How federal stimulus accidentally bottlenecked affordable housing in DC
- DC struggles to build affordable housing in wealthy neighborhoods. Here’s one reason why.
- How the District’s FY25 budget could impact affordable housing
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Gayer Gayer Washington
- Why trans and queer visibility on public transport matters
- Why do so many queer folks love urbanism?
- Check out this map (and history) of DC’s LGBT places and spaces
- Housing and transportation are LGBTQ issues, and politicians need to recognize that
- “Is he into boys who like transit?” A K Street Transitway love story
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Students on school campus. stock photo from sebra/Shutterstock.
How DC’s school boundaries shape housing and travel patterns
- How schools in DC were part of a legacy of segregation
- How school boundaries and feeder patterns shape DC’s housing and education inequalities
- Many DC students face dangerous commutes to school, impacting school choice and education equity
- What experts say needs to be done to disrupt historic patterns of segregation in DC’s schools
- DC’s school boundary review could advance equity, advocates say