Posts tagged Townhouses
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Breakfast links: Not enough on transit
Poor transit hinders Baltimore; Transit benefits decrease; LA cracks down on jaywalking; Cycling’s popularity invites taxes; Utah improves traffic light efficiency; Neighbors oppose Grosvenor townhouses; DC traffic cameras will not go live; And…. Keep reading…
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After 3-year fight, work starts on Silver Spring townhouses
In 2010, local builder EYA made a deal with a private school to buy their Silver Spring campus and build townhouses there. After a three-year battle with the neighborhood association, construction has finally begun. Keep reading…
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Top of the Park neighborhood shows density done right
Some people may consider “density” a dirty word, but if designed well, a dense community can feel both spacious and private. Take Top of the Park, a 1940’s-era condominium in Silver Spring. While none of the townhouses have their own yards, they share a backyard that anyone would envy. Top of the Park was built in 1942 as apartments and converted to condominiums… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the cheap
Yes, non-BRT is cheaper than decent BRT; Concrete not good enough; Hine shrinks; Food trucks a problem in Rosslyn?; Clang, clang, clang; School to townhouses; Rowhouses to retail; Not enough money for water; MoCo gets a little safer; Who are the worst drivers?. Keep reading…
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Different housing types can mix if designed propertly
Neighbors of Chelsea Court, a proposed townhouse development at the site of the former Chelsea School outside downtown Silver Spring complain it’s too dense for a neighborhood of single-family homes, and last month, the County Council agreed. But why can’t different housing types coexist? Local developer EYA bought the Chelsea School’s campus in May… Keep reading…
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North Capitol: Competing visions for handling traffic
Capitol Quarter isn’t the only bland urban renewal project being replaced with townhouses. Last week, Express reported that developers have been chosen for Northwest One, which will replace the Sursum Corda and Temple Court projects near New York Avenue and North Capitol with mixed-use redevelopment that has the potential to become a walkable neighborhood. But… Keep reading…
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Maybe they can build ‘em like they used to
During the dark ages of urban planning (the 1960s and 70s), many old residential buildings were replaced with boxy, alienating public housing projects, until Jane Jacobs discredited the idea. Block after block of attractive row houses are gone forever, even though brownstones in places like Brooklyn, Boston, San Francisco, and DC sell for a million dollars or two, or more. Can… Keep reading…