Posts tagged Height Limit
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Vancouver’s Larry Beasley talks DC’s Height Act in forum Tuesday, live chat Wednesday
One of the perennial topics for debate in Washington, DC is the 1910 Height of Buildings Act, which limited tall buildings and created the current “low-rise” skyline. Now, the Act is 100 years old. Has it served DC well or poorly? Keep reading…
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Would a residential height bonus improve downtown?
Downtown DC could use more residential units, but the strong demand for downtown office space crowds out most residential development. Could a selective bonus above Washington’s height limit for downtown residential units allow for new residents while avoiding a land rush? The height limit generates perennial debate. I’ve opposed raising the height limit… Keep reading…
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Lost Washington: The Raleigh Hotel
The Raleigh Hotel got its start in 1893 when the Shepherd Centennial Building on the northeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 12th Street, NW, was converted from commercial use into the hotel by Washington architect Leon E. Dessez. The hotel expanded quickly. In 1897 three additional floors were added. In 1898 New York architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh designed a major… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Skyscrapers and Oklahomans
And the best employer to commute to is…; Height limit debate of the day; Just under the wire; Senators preemptively reject reform; Let’s rotate fiscal conservatives through the Transportation Committee to educate them; And…. Keep reading…
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Creating a new Sector Plan involves taking care of the details
Montgomery County planners are continuing with developing a new White Flint Sector Plan. Of course, every good plan requires a strict attention to detail. Recently, the planning board set the height limit to 300 feet in new Sector Plan. While arbitrary, this detail is an important step since such a decision is required by law. Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Bikes, trikes and automobiles
Bikes becoming fashionable in NYC; Arlington pushes trikes; Montgomery pushes cars; No eating unless you’re a cop; Lewis calls out the antis; What’s wrong with Franklin Square?; Rail should replace short flights; Short buildings equal job sprawl; Korea has “women-only” parking spaces; Bags for the City. Keep reading…
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2009 wish list for transit
Since it’s almost time to put on your suit/tuxedo/ballgown and party like it’s 2009, I sat down and thought about the best ways to improve transit in our region in the future. This list breaks down into two categories: near term and long term. Keep reading…
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Midnight links: I will protest injustice more
Traditional sidewalk values: Citing California’s precedent of taking away minority rights by majority vote, a group of Princeton students is pushing Princeton Proposition 8, to “preserve traditional sidewalk values” that reserve sidewalks for sophomores, juniors, seniors, grad students, faculty, staff, visitors, and others, but not freshmen. (AmericaBlog)… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Yes we can reduce auto dependency
McCain pretends to like transit: An Obama spokesperson proudly touted Obama’s support for Dulles rail, Metro funding and infrastructure investments in a Q&A with WTOP’s Adam Tuss, while the McCain spokesperson danced around his candidate’s constant opposition to transit projects. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: End of the world as we know it
OMG 140 people might live on Wisconsin! City Paper shows a flyer warning people of traffic mayhem if the Giant project is built on Wisconsin Avenue in McLean Gardens. In an email to the Cleveland Park list, opponent Nancy MacWood wrote, “I think many of us have assumed that we would absorb some of the District’s move to attract new residents. … But frankly no one contemplated… Keep reading…