Posts tagged Micro Units
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We’re building apartments to be far smaller than we used to
The average size of new apartments is shrinking in major cities all around the country. In DC alone, new apartments built between 2010 and 2016 are on average 9% smaller than those built in prior years. It’s a trend that is both caused by and that helps to relieve high rent prices in the District. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Derailment could be a crime
Criminal charges for going off the rails?; Another pedestrian fatality; What’s the White House worth?; ANC on SunTrust; Another delay for Barry Farm; From cutters to condos; Deliveries in a flash for Virginians; More housing morsels…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro’s mediocre maintenance
FTA says Metro not on track; New SafeTrack shutdown; Pedestrian access around Pepco; Evicted for nonpayment, or redevelopment?; Micro-units on a macro-budget; The case for granny flats; Tokyo’s housing solution; Some terrible bus stops; Washington area takes the gold; Transportation takes the gold … in emissions. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Minimum wage, maximum security
DC’s State of the Union; Metro security, post-Brussels; Metro after the shutdown; Strike out at DCA; Homebuyers can’t start, won’t start; DC’s tiny aparments; Church for sale; A stadium, by any other name; Under the cobblestones, the BEACH; Baltimore not feeling the burn. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rejuvenate
Revive Bethesda’s plaza; More affordable housing in DC?; What’s next for bikeshare; Biking safer despite headlines; Boost for bikes and peds; Glowing bike lane; Real estate bits. Keep reading…
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Could rooftop apartments transform suburban retail?
Suburban retail areas are redeveloping into mixed use neighborhoods all over the DC region. Usually redevelopment means mid-rises replace single-story retail, but could another model work? What if retail strips added rooftop apartments? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation equipment that doesn’t move
Boxy units; Streetcar in November?; Council votes yes to say no; Bike bits; Copenhagen’s cycle snake; Parking space living; Take the kids on Uber; Lyft launch postponed; WiFi for safety. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Millennial shift
Generational churn; Condos get kids; Educational migration patterns; Political preference; A new micro-unit; Farms in DC?; New bus service for Silver Line; Residents lose Capitol view; War on (tiny) cars?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike hassles
Don’t bike to the Capitol?; No share for bike shops; Bye-bye bike lane; Shrinking units, steady demand; Connecting counties; Speed camera revenue slows down; MARC’s map is “slipshod” and “ugly”; And…. Keep reading…
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The MIT solution to small-space living
One way to increase density in our cities is to make living units smaller. But this can present problems when you have to fit bathroom, kitchen, sleeping, and living areas in a small space. But a group at MIT has come up with an innovative solution: Keep reading…