Posts tagged Rosslyn
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Breakfast links: Suburbs aren’t all the same
Not a safe route yet; Les banlieues américaines; Farmer’s Market … to go; The obvious (finally); Arlington an oasis; Race to the bottom; Transit planning in a recession. Keep reading…
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Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey: Boomtown
Arlington’s road to Smart Growth began after World War II, when the postwar population boom, the Pentagon, and rapid growth in the region brought big change to the little county across the river from Washington, DC. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Meet Virginia
Walk Arlington; Bike the bridge; Plan VRE; Compare school redevelopment plans. Keep reading…
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Skip the housing, get the affordable housing tax credit?
According to DCmud, due to some bizarre quirks of Arlington’s tax code, a developer building near the Metro is getting affordable housing tax credits… for not building housing. Or maybe not; see the update below. Keep reading…
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Photo of the day: Church of the unleaded
BeyondDC posted this photo of a church in Rosslyn built above a gas station. Or was a gas station built under a church? Does it count as Good Works to enable people to fill up their tanks? Keep reading…
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Tweaked Rosslyn station on Metro 2030 map
Jim Hamre of WMATA pointed out that Metro’s current thinking on the separate Blue Line is that it would have to run one block west of the current Rosslyn station, to a new set of platforms connected by an underground walkway. I had hoped that the new tracks could pass right next to the old ones enabling a cross-platform transfer (after all, Rosslyn already has the two tracks on separate… Keep reading…
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Architecture criticism: the good and the bad
Washington Post architecture critic Ben Forgey drove and walked around downtown Washington giving his opinions about the best and worst of the city’s buildings for Washingtonian. Unlike too many architects, many of his comments focused on the interaction between buildings and the people around them:The Federal Triangle is a planning mistake of huge dimension because… Keep reading…