Posts by Neil Flanagan — Contributor
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Get to know DC’s new zoning with this map
After years of delays and extensive public input, DC’s zoning board approved a new zoning code in January. It will actually take effect in September. This map helps homeowners understand how the new zoning applies to them. Keep reading…
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Four wild ideas for memorials in DC
What if we re-thought how we commemorate important people and events? A federal competition is asking that question, and four finalists will now create memorials that answer it. Keep reading…
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You know the memorials DC has today. How should they be different in the future?
Washington remembers national events through big, permanent structures. Is that the only way to do it? A competition is asking designers to come up with alternatives that are less expensive, more interactive, and more flexible. Keep reading…
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The FBI building’s new owner will be allowed to build tall, and D Street is coming back
Reconstructing D Street NW and allowing buildings taller than DC’s usual height limit are likely at downtown’s J. Edgar Hoover Building, once the FBI moves out. The National Capital Planning Commission’s staff backed these proposals, and today the official commissioners will likely accept them. The staff left a third question, how wide the sidewalks should… Keep reading…
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After the FBI moves, Pennsylvania Ave could be reborn
The FBI is decamping from its headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover building, leaving the deteriorating 1974 brutalist building and its site on Pennsylvania Avenue up for reinvention. You can weigh in on what comes next for the site. Keep reading…
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Ten small parks that prove tiny is terrific
Georgetown Day School recently downsized its plans for a mixed-use project in Tenleytown. Aside from cutting 50 units of housing, the developers also canceled plans for a pocket park. We called that a loss, but some skeptics said it wasn’t a big deal because the park would have been very small. But when it comes to parks, quality is way more important than size. These 10 “teacup… Keep reading…
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Tenleytown won’t get 50 units of housing and a park
50-100 people won’t be able to live in Tenleytown, and a major intersection won’t get a pocket park and become more walkable. That’s because DC’s Office of Planning and some local leaders got anxious about a mixed-use building from Georgetown Day School that’s shorter than another one across the street. Keep reading…
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Roll Call recently made a great point about the Capitol’s parking problem
In a recent post about cleaning up after Snowzilla, Roll Call, a blog newspaper that covers Congress, published a graphic showing that if you combined all the parking lots on the Capitol Grounds in need of plowing, they’d cover the National Mall. That’s a crazy amount of parking. Keep reading…
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The winner of a design competition will build the WWI Memorial. Here’s what that means.
Today, the sponsor of the World War I Memorial will choose the winner of its design competition, meaning we’ll get a sense for what the memorial will look like in the end. Whether or not design competitions succeed depends heavily the work that goes into planning them. Keep reading…
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An art deco industrial building in Georgetown could have a new use
Developers want to build a contemporary mid-rise residential tower on a prime site in Georgetown, but it’d mean tearing down a distinctive old heating plant. There might be ways to reuse the old building and build something new as well. Keep reading…