Posts tagged Suburban Decline
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It’s not the “end” of the suburbs, but a transition
A new book by Leigh Gallagher heralds “the end of the suburbs,” but it may just be a change in how people want to live and get around in suburban communities. Judging from new suburban developments happening in the DC area, that shift is already underway. Keep reading…
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Watch poverty suburbanize in Montgomery County
As Montgomery County has become more diverse, it also faces new challenges with poverty. A new mapping tool shows just how much the county’s changed over the past 30 years. Keep reading…
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Science Gateway plan brings urban approach to White Oak
50 years ago, White Oak was a prosperous suburb that inspired The Wonder Years, but today the community north of downtown Silver Spring struggles with disinvestment. Montgomery County planners say an urban approach to redevelopment can bring new life to the area. While White Oak has several historically affluent neighborhoods, today it has no majority racial or ethnic group,… 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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Plan revitalizes Burtonsville with housing, street grid, parks
Burtonsville’s had a hard time over the past few years. A highway bypass hurt local businesses, the beloved Dutch Country Farmers Market skipped town, and nearly a third of the village center is vacant. But that could soon change if a redevelopment plan is adopted. Montgomery County planners say they know how to stop the bleeding. Their Burtonsville Crossroads Neighborhood… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Budgetary matters
Slip in the budgetary back door; Gas tax hike goes down; Wal-Mart slows down; If a parking lot closes…; This boom ain’t a bubble; The exurbs are toast; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Phones
Pay phones don’t pay; Another use for pay phones; Get off the phone; Forget you!; Don’t shut the door; Second look at suburbs; And…. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Attitudes in the city
Red light cameras catch unsafe driving; Opinions of fence flip over 20 years; Metro pass advocacy gets a site; Gray taking steps; MD could adopt station overlay districts; A tea party-urban coalition?; Hunger rising in suburbs; Shrinking cities grew in the core. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping people from getting hit
Marlene is making Conn. Ave safer; Live in Ward 6? Walk?; Seattleites, panhandler rescue woman on tracks; That’s some delay; Spelunking below Dupont; Also in the DC Council; Poverty becoming a suburban problem. Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Suburban mentality lives as some suburbs die
War protestors for hard-to-find parking; Is Jack Evans too car-centric?; Washington’s exurbs crumbling; What would make you stay in Detroit?; It could be a lot worse; SmartBenefits will get “bins”; Not the Department of Highways. Keep reading…