Posts tagged Tod
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The un-favored quarter: urbanism’s next frontier
New development is coming to Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road, near the Minnesota Avenue Metro Station. Yesterday’s Post, DCMud, and others wrote about the plans, which will feature more “affordable” and “market rate” apartments and condos. Keep reading…
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Historic post preservation: Westwood Station
[Autoposted while I’m in France] Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Thinking about urbanism edition
Conserbanism: A recent panel on transportation and energy featured conservatives and liberals who all agree on transit and compact development. For the conservatives, global warming isn’t the reason; while painting urbanism as an environmental issue is a powerful argument, it shouldn’t be the only one. Via Ryan Avent. Keep reading…
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What’s happening this week
The District is getting back into full swing after the quiet of August. Lots going on this week: here’s a small sampling. Keep reading…
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A field guide to NIMBYism
I sometimes refer to those opposing any change as NIMBYs, though that’s not precisely accurate. The term NIMBY originally referred to those who wanted projects like highways, airports, or waste disposal facilities (LULUs) but wanted them to just be built elsewhere. That still describes many opponents of local projects, like the “save the environment somewhere else”… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Envision the future edition
EveryBlock launches in DC: You can now get a feed of publicly-accessible information (like crime reports, requests for service from DDOT, DPW, etc., new real estate listings, and more) around any address. Keep reading…
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Morning links: Benefits of transit edition
Gridlock Sam still shilling for Chevy Chase: New York’s “Gridlock Sam,” who coined the term “gridlock,” is still working for the town of Chevy Chase and pushing bad logic to stop light rail on the Purple Line. This time, he argues that light rail isn’t much better than BRT, while the buses are cheaper. But Sam neglects to mention that the BRT alignments… Keep reading…