Posts tagged Hine School
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Breakfast links: Find a place
Buses need a home; Nothing can get approval; Fare hikes likely a go; Good for now; To err is human; Green plan not black and white; Hine is fine; But DC gave LivingSocial one!; Glen Echo loses last streetcar; Or just drive more safely?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stimulating
DC streets get greener; DC very stimulated; Don’t drink on Metro; Tysons roads get more expensive; What kind of casino development?; Enforce the law; And… Keep reading…
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Historic board stands up to mid-rise opposition
DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board approved concept plans for the Hine project on Capitol Hill last month, making a clear statement that while they’ll push to improve the quality of development, they’re not going to bow to neighbors’ demands to substantially shrink it down. Historic review can greatly improve many development projects. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More Virginia Metro, less DC development
Potomac Yard station has options; New ideas “surface” to cut Silver Line costs; Projects shrink, opponents still oppose; No Megabus, no videotaping; MPD stops photography, gets sued; Greening or green-washing?; Johnson stays on council… for now; Interesting transit ideas; And…. Keep reading…
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Architecture should create sense of place, not “flair”
Erik Weber wrote enthusiastically about two designs by the Mexican architecture firm of TEN Arquitectos. Pieces of flair are appropriate in certain settings. But in historic neighborhoods, architects should ground new construction, especially if it is large, in a “respect of place.” Certainly there is a place for “modern” design… Keep reading…
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Anti-height frenzy dominates preservation meeting on Hine
A few Capitol Hill residents gave long and sometimes angry speeches yesterday against allowing mid-rise buildings at the Eastern Market Metro at a hearing before the Historic Preservation Review Board yesterday. But the Historic Preservation Review Board avoided letting height hostility co-opt historic preservation, and instead adopted The Historic Preservation Review… 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: Nothing is the same
Downtown a different place today; Hine gets even smaller; Student street parking gets harder; Train operator puts out track fire; What is WMATA worth?; Bike to work in May; More news on bikes; Parking is big government; And…. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: What’s developing
Development clusters good for neighborhoods; Wheaton Costco a hot topic; Council race racing ahead; How about an Anacostia contest?; Markets moving; Houston continues to get worse; EU wants emissions-free city streets; And…. Keep reading…
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Hine project is opportunity too great to pass up
Last night, residents across Ward 6 got an update on the Stanton/Eastbanc project proposed for the former Hine Junior High School site. I came to the meeting prepared to criticize the structure, having reviewed the renderings last week, but left with the overall impression that this project has many positive qualities. Many of these could be lost if the fervor of some of the… Keep reading…