Posts tagged Density
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Vincent Orange would close DC’s gates against younger and/or poorer residents
If you want to live in one of DC’s row house neighborhoods but don’t make a ton of money, a new bill by DC at-large councilmember Vincent Orange would slam the door in your face while it hastens gentrification and displacement of poor residents. Keep reading…
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Think you know Metro’s neighborhoods? This quiz might surprise you
Yesterday, PlanItMetro posted maps showing what’s within walking distance of each Metro station. Check them out (and maybe read up on what walk sheds are and how they differ across the region), then take our quiz to test what you know. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Kids these days
My car is a bus; Teens and police talking; Candid camera; Get off my lawn; Diversity please; Cost of Columbus; Declining towns; Temporary urbeerism; Occupy London; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Even longer waits
Purple Line delayed; More smoke; Streetcar burns; CSX fireworks; HOT doesn’t stop slugging; Housing navigators help homeless; How much vacant land is there?; Fragmented governments; Taller with less parking in New York?; A bike tunnel of snow. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rebuke
Money over culture?; Free our sidewalks; Downzoning going ahead; Safety steps; Slower growth in DC; Morning bell; How can Metro save energy?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Smoke blocks the truth
Blame the fire department; Regional service; Can downtown Bethesda grow?; Franklin School plan stalled; Boom or bust?; How to update our infrastructure; Growth in the suburbs; The longest walk commute; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
Falling Starr; Coming out of retirement; A representative scofflaw; Gentrification in Ward 8; Wells’s environmental vision; An urban state?; Rail smash; More housing for NYC; Google that ride; And…. Keep reading…
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Harriet Tregoning opposes DC’s row house downzoning plan
Mere months after she stepped down as head of DC’s Office of Planning, Harriet Tregoning’s former agency came out with a proposal to limit the height and numbers of units that can go in many row houses. Tregoning has now sent a letter to the DC Zoning Commission opposing this plan. She writes,I am afraid conclusions about development pipeline outcomes and impacts… Keep reading…
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DC may limit condos and building heights in some row house zones. Is this a good idea?
The DC Office of Planning wants to further limit the height of houses in some row house neighborhoods and restrict the ability of property owners to split their houses into multiple units. The proposal, which first came out last June, will have a public hearing this Thursday night. Planners say these proposals are responding to some neighborhoods’ alarm about “pop-ups”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Do the math
A question of when; How murders are counted; Streetcars starting later in January; Startups help economic diversity; Pop-up comeuppance; Fields not football; And…. Keep reading…