Posts tagged Ncpc
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Raise the height limit? That’s part of a bigger question
Should DC raise its height limit? A study aims to answer this question, but we can’t consider this issue entirely in a vacuum. The real question is, where should DC grow? The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and DC Office of Planning (OP) are running the study, which includes 5 public meetings over the next 2 weeks, starting this Saturday in Tenleytown. Rapidly-rising… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New heights
Imagine DC with (slightly) taller buildings; Virginia funds projects; Virginia counties squabble over businesses; PG OKs affordable housing bill; It’s another autonomy bill; Takoma Park blocks pesticides; Rural areas more dangerous than cities?; More Americans drive to work. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walter Reed rising?
3 plans for Walter Reed; Detroit files for bankruptcy; WMATA union protests privatization proposal; Ike Memorial rolls on; How to succeed in retail; When people lived smaller; No water crisis, just a PR one; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Youth today
Drive less; Tech, don’t drive; The youth vote; Fire on the train; Height limit heats up; Taxis pass those with disabilities; We will bury you!; Phase 2 builder selected; Korean Embassy offers up land; And…. Keep reading…
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1941 DC plan shows east Mall, no I-395
DC’s 1941 master plan is available through the Library of Congress. Published just months before Pearl Harbor, the plan is a fascinating look at the future pre-war planners envisioned. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Moving to the future
Streetcars alight in DC; “Young urbanists” electorally growing; Rooftop bars mapped; Height study starts with meetings; DC-CANnot give you Internet; Government goings-on; Freeloading ends in Ocean City; And…. Keep reading…
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Get parking right and many more events
Spring is here (or maybe it’s just an early summer), and that means there’s lots to do both inside and outside! Next week is an exciting Coalition for Smarter Growth forum on parking with guest Jeff Tumlin, and CSG has many great walking tours through June. You can learn about DC’s civil war forts, celebrate Earth Day on April 20 itself or at fairs before or after,… Keep reading…
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DC to host race on South Capitol “racetrack”
This article was posted as an April Fool’s joke. The puzzling design for DDOT’s South Capitol Street project has become much more clear as the DC Spors and Entertainment Commission rolled out a plan to host regular auto races on the track. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Out with the old
Go higher?; Longer Metro; Old Metro radios; Financial outlook cloudy?; The shadow knows; Bocce balls come to Ballston; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: “Snowquester”
Snow; Residents win the war; Issa endorses better design; Prince William vs sprawl; Preserve “Mad Men” era buildings?; Fairfax considers red light cameras; Bad ideas for FBI; A sport looking for space; And…. Keep reading…