Posts tagged Arlington
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Breakfast Links: Fe Fi Fo Fum
Cleveland Park Giant approved: The DC Zoning Commission has approved the long-proposed Giant redevelopment in Cleveland Park. The vote was unanimous, over the objections of the Cleveland Park Citizens Association. (Jaime, DCist) Keep reading…
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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey: Metro
If Arlington had built the Orange Line stations in the median of I-66, as Fairfax did, the county today would look very different. Leaders had to push very hard for closely-spaced stations on the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor. At the end, Jay Ricks talks about funding becoming available for Virginia Square because Georgetown rejected a station. However, we learned from Zachary… Keep reading…
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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey: I-66
Arlington leaders were eager for Metro, but first they had to contend with the highway lobby, Congressman William Huston Natcher, and Interstate 66. Would Arlington be just the place Fairfax residents passed through to get to Washington? Keep reading…
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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey: Boomtown
Arlington’s road to Smart Growth began after World War II, when the postwar population boom, the Pentagon, and rapid growth in the region brought big change to the little county across the river from Washington, DC. Keep reading…
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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey: Introduction
How did Arlington get to be the way it is? Is it its proximity to Washington, DC? The Pentagon? The Metro? Arlington created a documentary, Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey, to explore this question and the history of Arlington’s evolution into a national model for Smart Growth. I’ve cut up the documentary into sections, so we can watch and discuss a little at a… Keep reading…
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Envisioning Crystal City as part of a larger community
In 2005, the Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) recommended transferring thousands of defense jobs out of Crystal City. Accordingly, in 2006, the Arlington County Board established a task force to “create a vision for the future development of Crystal City.” They produced, and in December 2008 the County Board adopted, a vision and framework. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Meet Virginia
Walk Arlington; Bike the bridge; Plan VRE; Compare school redevelopment plans. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Solutions on the horizon
Fix Baltimore yourself; Eurotrains ready to cross the Atlantic; Why Metro is greater than BART; Fairfax funding Tysons walkability; The last cyclist at Bethesda Naval has been silenced; Fenty kills lab, but person struck by vehicle; Experts push for transit funding; Arlington gets more buses. Keep reading…
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Arlington Democrats to select delegate on June 9th
After serving since 2004, Delegate Al Eisenberg is retiring. Thanks to Mr. Eisenberg for representing my district these past five years in Richmond. His staff was responsive to my questions and concerns during legislative sessions, and for the most part I agreed with his votes and proposed legislation. Five Democrats are competing in a primary for his seat. … Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Shoup!
Donald Shoup, the “parking guru,” is coming to Alexandria and making a public presentation tomorrow. If you make it down to Alexandria for just one event this year, this is the one. In The High Cost of Free Parking, Shoup laid out the economic fallacies in underpricing parking, and popularized the concept of market-based performance parking which dedicates revenue… Keep reading…