Posts tagged Malls
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Breakfast links: To the ‘burbs
Wealthy cluster in suburbs after having kids; Biking heads to the ‘burbs; Design places for everyone, not cars; ICC’s broken promises; Tea Party challenges streetcar supporter’s voting rights; More mall at Pentagon City?; Metro back to pre-shutdown normal; New online information hub for DC transportation; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Flying high
Long delays at IAD; DCA and IAD to receive makeovers; Marijuana bill introduced to Council; How people commute; DHCD funding takes a hit; Ballston Mall redevelopment pushes forward; Friendship Heights gets greener; Silver Line expected for February; And…. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring mall could get massive facelift, new name
Standing inside City Place Mall, it’s as if the revitalization of downtown Silver Spring never happened. After multiple attempts to revive the half-empty mall, the answer could be opening it to the street. Representatives from Annapolis developer Petrie Ross Ventures presented their plans for the 21-year-old mall at the corner of Colesville Road and Fenton Street… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Opposition
Rs say no to Outer Beltway; WaWa drama; DC cabs: red with gray stripe; Landmark Mall forgets peds, bikes; Less foolish primary date; Who’s running; Harder to FOIA Virginia; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Dig yourself a hole
DC Water is spending big; Bonds’ platform: “I’m black”; Benning is better; MPD not releasing marijuana data; Landmark Mall redevelopment far off; How smart is Street Smart?; Count traffic for $200; And… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Buy this
A less common mall; Nice bus stop; A road with a view; Silver delay?; MD gas tax on the move; SideCar arrives; Transit land values do better; And…. Keep reading…
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Rebuild of the Blairs will turn Silver Spring parking into parks
With 1400 apartments, a strip mall and an office building around a huge parking lot, the Blairs are a suburban relic in the middle of downtown Silver Spring. Over the next 15 to 20 years, it could become a city in its own right, with new housing, commercial space, and a network of new streets and parks. The Rockville-based Tower Companies showed me their long-term plan for the redevelopment… Keep reading…
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Moratoriums have their place, but are easily misused
Residents and leaders in the U Street area are now debating a proposal for a moratorium on liquor licenses. When is a moratorium, for liquor or otherwise, useful? When is it not? Theoretically, local moratoriums on certain types of development can strengthen neighborhoods by encouraging a broader mix of uses. Unfortunately, they rarely actually work that way. More often, moratoriums… Keep reading…
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White Flint’s journey points way for other struggling malls
White Flint Mall opened in 1977 as the emblem of Montgomery County’s rising suburban affluence, but over time the luxury mall began to show its age. Now located at the center of the urbanizing White Flint Sector Plan area, the mall’s transformation into an urban neighborhood is a sign of where the county’s going. “It’s going to be an incredible project,… Keep reading…
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Glenmont Arcade shows Montgomery’s commercial history
With its distinctive sign, the Glenmont Arcade was a local landmark and an emblem of Montgomery County’s suburbanization after World War II. But as the county prepares to redevelop Glenmont, will it still have a place in the community? Located in the Glenmont Shopping Center at Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road, the Glenmont Arcade is like a little mall-within-a-strip… Keep reading…