Posts tagged Brutalism
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Breakfast links: Delayed service
More streetcars, maybe late; Can you hear me now?; Golf course to buildings?; The man who’d fix Southwest; Safer than that; @Bikeshare gets 5 stars; NY (heart) biking; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Improvements
Fares will increase less; Now you see Silver, now you don’t; From parking to high rises; See ideas for the Mall; Modify the Ike memorial?; Hard to grab lunch in Anacostia; A city that still sleeps; Brutal preservation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s historic?
Taller can still be historic; Not historic enough, says HPO; Arlington GOP opposes CaBi; Some Maryland officials support TOD only in theory; Orange plays race card in final weekend; Paying drivers to avoid traffic; DC USA gets more stores; Bus stop proximity by income; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Withdrawal symptoms
Performance Diet Coke-ing; Delusional parkers; Cars and graves only; Ode to concrete; Sprawl harms our health; Post says “don’t stop”; Will Americans break the addiction?; And. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Actions for transit
MoCo planning staff endorse light rail: Reports of Planning Board staff endorsing a bus Purple Line have been greatly exaggerated. A staff report released yesterday endorses the surface light rail option, including the segment parallel to the Capital Crescent Trail. “We have to grow, and we have to do it in a way that is sustainable … in a reasonable way that is less dependent… Keep reading…
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FBI building has few friends
The FBI Building creates a “dead zone” in the middle of downtown DC, with oppressive, blank walls on four very large block faces. In its National Capital Framework Plan, NCPC suggests tearing it down and redeveloping the block into newer federal offices above street-level retail. Keep reading…
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Library victory in Shaw, Brooklanders still fighting for trees
In 2004, DC closed the the Watha T. Daniel library in Shaw and several other libraries, to replace the aging buildings with new, modern facilities. Though the interior drew some criticism, neighbors widely praised the open, airy glass design as a huge improvement over the prison-like, concrete, Brutalist original library. Keep reading…
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HPRB delays Hilton, landmarks HUD and Tax Court
At the request of the ANC and the property owner, HPRB has delayed consideration of the Washington Hilton for landmark status. They did unanimously landmark the HUD building and Tax Court. Boasberg pointed out that DC’s HPRB has no jurisdiction over federal properties, so adding these buildings to the DC Register is mostly a formality. Keep reading…
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Landmark one curved egg crate, not both
This Thursday, the Historic Preservation Review Board will consider three modern buildings for landmark status: the HUD building at 7th and D SW, the Tax Court building at 2nd and D NW, and the Washington Hilton at Connecticut and T NW. An Express article on the Hilton from last September calls it “one of only two notable giant curved structures,” the other being the… Keep reading…
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HUD building up for landmarking
HPRB just released the agenda for June 26. Among the buildings slated for landmarking is the Department of Housing and Urban Development building at 7th and D Southwest. This is one of DC’s Brutalist buildings, whose lack of engagement with the streets create the desolate feel around L’Enfant Plaza. On the other hand, if there’s an iconic Brutalist building that… Keep reading…