Posts tagged Barry Farm
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Is Barry Farm going Dutch?
Here’s something you don’t see every day; a dozen urban planners from the Netherlands walking through Barry Farm, a large public housing complex in DC’s Ward 8. Through a collaboration of the Dutch Embassy and the city, Barry Farm and Northwest One (the area around First and K Sts. NW) are receiving the attention of leading new urbanists. An amalgamation of… Keep reading…
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For ANC in Ward 8
Ward 8, the poorest ward in DC and often the most misunderstood or overlooked, needs a voice. It needs strong community leaders who want to devote their energy to improving the ward’s neighborhoods and building consensus among residents. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Things to oppose, to support, to do
Giant billboards at Gallery Place?; Should Georgetown dream of seceding?; Support bag fees in MD; Hear Monument Wars author Savage; Alexandria dispatch: Bikes and BRAC; Visit Arlington, go to summer 2009 festival; Who you calling a gentrifier?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Scolding all around
Bad Apple; Bad planning; Bad anti-planning; Bad candidate; Bad parker; Good blogs; Good slate. Keep reading…