Posts tagged Height Limit
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Breakfast links: The constant skyline
No height increases in L’Enfant City; Inner Harbor improvements; New development may fund housing; Microsoft is coming to St. Elizabeths; Further details emerge on FBI site; Opposition threatens King Street bike lanes; The future of retailing; HOT lanes’s first birthday; And…. Keep reading…
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How well do you know DC’s rules?
Do you know when city elected officials get to make a decision, and when a federal agency or hybrid makes the decision instead? Do you know what our current zoning says and what planners want to change? Or what the height limit really is? Keep reading…
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No, DC is not going to be like Paris
Supporters of DC’s height limit say restricting building heights has worked to keep Paris beautiful. But embracing the Parisian built form would have unintended consequences on DC’s neighborhoods. The mid-rise Paris that we know today was built not by a democracy, but by a mad emperor and his bulldozer-wielding prefect. As Office of Planning director Harriet… Keep reading…
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Topic of the week: DC’s height limit
As part of a new weekly series on Greater Greater Washington, we’ll take a topic that is relevant in the week’s news and allow our contributors to briefly weigh in on it. This week: proposed changes to DC’s height limit. Dan Malouff had a great post on the topic and there have been several stories featured in the Breakfast Links recently on the subject. … Keep reading…
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Is a walkable neighborhood out of reach for you?
Are you getting priced out of being able to live in the kind of neighborhood you want? Do you wish your neighborhood had more local stores and other amenities in walking distance? Please tell your story below. Keep reading…
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9 suggestions to change the height limit
Congress is considering whether or not to change DC’s height limit. Here are 9 suggestions that will help the city get the most benefit out of changing (but not eliminating) its height regulations. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Should DC grow taller?
Opposition to height limit changes vocal; Reasons to support Height Act changes; Bike lanes timeline uncertain; McMillan project renderings available; Silver Line open in February?; DC demographics keep changing; Public-private partnership for Purple Line?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All the possibilities
Stadium projects in Washington region; Height Act public hearings; Money for DC small businesses; Construction of new Metrobus garage underway; MoCo tackles overcrowding; Bikes outsell cars in Europe; Development follows streetcar lines; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Solidarity
Taxi drivers (kinda) unionize; All hands on deck for Height Act hearings; Montgomery installs school bus cameras; Math geeks make bikeshare better; UMD golf course will stay; Amtrak unveils new cars; SCOTUS will hear rail-trail case; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Coordinating campaigns
A regional raise?; Local businesses want minimum wage hike; More affordable zoning?; Affordable housing changes in Rockville?; Maryland hospitals plan moves; Should we save this Arlington school?; Few new condos in DC; The history of the skyscraper; DC fails to pay Metro; An urban planning fashion line?. Keep reading…