Posts tagged Historic Preservation
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Breakfast links: Technology in your life
Uber drivers aren’t color blind?; This week in apps; Next stop, Smart City, VA?; Rosslyn superblock no more; Big little steps for Metro; Driver kills Bikeshare station; That local touch; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Up in smoke
Pepco no-go; Someone beats the Wiz; No paper trail; Last call; Blunt disagreement; River Road response; Streetcar clap back; FBI price check. Keep reading…
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Vice City: A map of where all the Vice Presidents have lived
From our nation’s founding until 1977, vice presidents had to find their own place to live. I created a map of where they made their homes, from boarding houses in the shadow of the Capitol building to large estates in nearby Maryland and Virginia. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not about the money
Purple waits on state; DC taxi app; Reasons behind ridership drop; More bad news for WMATA; Arena football in DC?; An idealistic budget; A bridge for bikes; Less drastic on drones; Snowstorm slows housing market; Underneath the Capitol; The past is the future. Keep reading…
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To get ideas for reusing the historic Franklin School building, DC can look to Newark, NJ
The Franklin School, at 13th and K NW, is an iconic DC building, but it has been vacant and abandoned since 2008. On a recent trip to Newark, New Jersey, I got a glimpse of another use for old, historic buildings. Keep reading…
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Can a new zoning code make Mt. Rainier inviting and affordable?
Long considered up and coming, Mount Rainier is a Prince George’s neighborhood just east of the District line that’s attracting investors and where house prices are rising. Typically, more zoning means higher housing costs, but Mount Rainier residents are trying to use zoning to keep their neighborhood inclusive and affordable. Is that possible? Keep reading…
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Baltimore will tear down whole blocks of row houses to fight blight. Is that wise?
In DC, housing is so scarce that prices are skyrocketing, especially for charming, historic row houses. Just up in Baltimore, however, they can’t give many dilapidated row houses away, and Larry Hogan recently announced a plan to tear many of them down. Is that a good idea? Keep reading…
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An art deco industrial building in Georgetown could have a new use
Developers want to build a contemporary mid-rise residential tower on a prime site in Georgetown, but it’d mean tearing down a distinctive old heating plant. There might be ways to reuse the old building and build something new as well. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Jim or Jack?
More new leadership for WMATA; Thumbs up to bikshare; Metro fares; Tree house trouble; How Virginia gets to work; Crystal City housing; Crime in 2016; A streetcar in NYC?; Fair pay for Uber; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Are you ready to ride?
DC Streetcar opening February; Not in your backyard; A dedicated rowing lane; Fight Baltimore’s blight; Reston speed bump; Walk dangerously; The math on housing policy; Wi-Fi in the City; And…. Keep reading…