Posts tagged Meridian International Center
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The Adams Morgan ANC moves to block new apartments, while styling itself as “an inclusive community”
Plans for a surprisingly contentious mid-rise apartment building near Meridian Hill Park on 16th Street NW hit yet another snag last week, as local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners voted unanimously in support of downzoning the site. That could mean even fewer homes in a neighborhood — and city — starved for places to live. Keep reading…
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Some in this gated community are trying absolutely everything to stop a new DC apartment building
Recently a group of neighbors along 16th Street NW, many from a gated community called Beekman Place, applied to downzone an area near Meridian Hill (Malcolm X) Park in order to stop a nine-story building from being built… despite the fact that the buildings across the street are almost the same height. Keep reading…
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In Takoma Park, Penn Branch, and Adams Morgan, YIMBY wins out
Our growing region needs new homes and retail space. Three proposed projects, in DC's Adams Morgan and Penn Branch areas, as well as Takoma Park, Maryland, won key approvals this week that will help bring new homes and retail. Keep reading…
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DC’s historic preservation board approves a building on 16th Street without saying “take off a floor”
“Just take off a floor” was a far too common refrain from DC's Historic Preservation Review Board in recent years. For a proposed condo building on 16th Street NW near Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park, the board decided a shorter building would actually be less historically compatible. Keep reading…