Posts tagged Hprb
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McMillan plans show expansive new recreation spaces
Opponents to redeveloping the McMillan Sand Filtration Site often say it’ll result in a loss of recreation and park space. But a recent video of the proposed plan by development team Vision McMillan Partners shows a compelling vision of a site with a large park and recreational component. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: How well does it score?
Rate the TOD; Growth of a deaf-friendly neighborhood; Georgetown students for classical style; It’s style, not size, at McMillan; Development details; “End of Autopia”; Where the groceries are; Parking minimums in NYC; Sprawl and suicide?; And…. Keep reading…
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Preservation board members regret ever allowing roof decks
DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board approved a roof deck for a row house near 15th and T last month, but not before a few members lamented ever setting a precedent of allowing them in the first place. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walmart’s threat
Walmart might pull back; Is Walmart bluffing?; Marijuana bills moving; More of SW is historic; More crashes in Fairfax; Behond the new Sherman; Metro morsels; See where the hipsters are; Not much reason in highway rankings; We could use some CA HSR right now; And…. Keep reading…
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As streetcar work kicks into gear, details emerge
It’s going to be the summer of streetcar in DC, with increasingly rapid progress visible on H Street and at the vehicle testing site in Anacostia. At last week’s streetcar community fair, DDOT representatives presented the timeline for vehicle testing, gave line-by-line construction and planning status updates, and showed images of streetcar station signs,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA won’t pay
WMATA will run, not fix transit center; Graham must pay for his lawyers; Wrong escalator parts; A shifty shift of funds?; In Purple’s path; BIDs get real-time; Less flooding, but other problems; DC IDs 150 food truck spots; Bike lanes breed safety, profits; And…. Keep reading…
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Preservation problems: predictability and pellucidity
The latest historic preservation plan essentially concludes that people don’t trust historic preservation in DC because they don’t know enough about it, and recommends that staff and advocates push harder to persuade people of preservation’s positive effects. As I argued yesterday, that’s not preservation’s primary problem. Rather,… Keep reading…
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“Perception” is not preservation’s primary problem
The DC Historic Preservation Office (HPO) has released a new plan for preservation through 2016. From conversations with preservationists and the public, HPO concluded that “preservation has a perception problem,” which it wants to combat. However, perception isn’t the only problem. Most of the challenges the preservation office says they heard are… Keep reading…
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A building can look smaller without losing a floor
The architects of an 8-story apartment building at 13th and U streets, NW have tweaked their design after the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) came close to asking to remove a whole floor. Instead, they’ve aptly demonstration how it’s possible to make a building feel less large without actually making it much smaller at all. In December, HPRB heard from… Keep reading…
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Park Van Ness will fill in Connecticut Avenue streetscape
Developer BF Saul plans to replace its Van Ness Square, a low retail complex that contains a Pier 1 Imports, Office Depot, and a number of other stores, with a 273-apartment building and ground floor retail. Keep reading…