Posts from December 2011
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Weekend links: Everything old is new again
Urban farming returns to DC; Fighting sprawl in 1959; Mark Center gets a parking max; Cities fight gangs, power vacuums; UK crashes mapped; Eisenhowers criticize Eisenhower Memorial; Cop hits bicyclist; Next stop, holiday cheer. Keep reading…
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Holiday sights by the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…
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Thomas adopts fair community proposal for ANC map
DC Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr. and his colleagues have replaced the controversial and potentially illegal proposals for ANC redistricting in Ward 5 with a map almost identical to the one we proposed last month. Keep reading…
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Arlandria development one approval away from reality
Alexandria is poised this Saturday to give the nod to a major redevelopment proposal in the Arlandria neighborhood. The proposal has been over a decade in the making, and is the result of a long and difficult process by a dedicated community. Part 1 of this series discussed the vision plan adopted a decade ago. Now, with many of the players still in place, that vision is ready to become… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: HOT for cars, cool on bikes
USDOT wants HOT lanes; New Metro cars delayed; Affordable condos aren’t always; DC gets faster; WMATA pushes bus safety; Hotels see construction boom; Detroit swaps light rail for buses. Keep reading…
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Are abandoned newspaper boxes micro blight?
It’s been just a few years since graffiti sprawled across Washington’s downtown buildings. While blight in DC used to be large-scale, marked by graffiti and vacant lots, improvements over the past several years mean that in many places around the city, we now look for blight with a microscope. Are abandoned newspaper boxes blight on this micro scale? The December… Keep reading…
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Can the CCT bridge Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda?
The design of the Purple Line might mean displacing the Capital Crescent Trail from its Bethesda tunnel. Some say that an at-grade crossing of Wisconsin Avenue will be too dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians. But are there any good alternatives? I think that many hope that if only we make a strong commitment, bring creative imagination and bring professional expertise to… Keep reading…
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Arlandria vision comes together
After a decade of planning, a proposal for mixed-use development in Arlandria will finally go before the Alexandria City Council this Saturday. The dedicated Arlandria community has spent years fighting the perception that new development there was unfeasible. The Arlandria community has been planning for change longer than any other neighborhood in Alexandria. It is now… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: NPS is naughty and nice
Plan improves Rock Creek trails; Norton wants peace between pedicabs & NPS; DC buys 2 more streetcars; MD, VA forgo millions in gas tax; Big box development coming to NE DC; NTSB calls for cellphone ban; Food trucks activate vacant storefronts; Build down instead of up?; Pedestrian bridges fail in India. Keep reading…
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Smart growth milestones of 2011: Steps forward and back
For smart growth, 2011 has been a year of continued progress. But it has also seen a few steps in the wrong direction. What are the top 5 milestones of 2011? This year, we saw DC host Rail~Volution and saw forward-thinking planning in the region’s largest suburbs. But we also felt the pain from poor office location decisions from the Department of Defense and the Virginia DOT’s… Keep reading…