Posts tagged Urban Design
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Fairfax trades a parking lot for a new park
Old Town Square in Fairfax used to be a park that nobody used because it was wedged between two parking lots in the middle of the city’s small, historic core. Now it’s bigger and more inviting, and it’s helping Fairfax embrace its urban roots. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: More transit, please
Purple power; Courting the corridor; Ecodistrict will bloom; Ride hailing welcome; Greener pastures; Wilson School is history; The long game; No u-turns. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cut off
All falls down; Emancipation Day; High flying; Location, location; Wage wants; Goodies; No fly zone; And…. Keep reading…
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Gas stations were much better looking in 1924
Most gas stations these days are pretty garish, but gas stations weren’t always so. Check out this vintage 1924 station, from Connecticut Avenue in Woodley Park. Keep reading…
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What makes a city attractive? Here’s how to know for sure
Six characteristics can make any city in the world beautiful, says pop philosophy group The School of Life. This video tells us what they are. Keep reading…
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Hired to redesign a street, children make magic
This video shows the magic that happened when school children in Quebec got a chance to reimagine a street, as part of a school project. They cut space for cars and added land to play games and grow gardens, making the street a better public space. Keep reading…
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Long Branch is primed for revitalization, but it needs the Purple Line to make it happen
For some neighborhoods, the Purple Line is more than a transit line. Without the Purple Line, revitalization might not happen in Long Branch, on the border of Silver Spring and Takoma Park. Long Branch has long been an immigrant hub. Tens of thousands of people from Central America, West Africa, the Caribbean and elsewhere have moved to the area in recent years, attracted by low-cost… Keep reading…
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The neighborhood where everybody “jaywalks”
When I moved to East-West Highway in South Silver Spring last fall, I quickly noticed one thing: people cross the street without using crosswalks all the time. Even as the surrounding area becomes more urban and walkable, this street remains a relic of its industrial, car-oriented past. Keep reading…
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White Flint’s holiday gift: a safe Old Georgetown Road
White Flint residents were frustrated to hear that Maryland transportation officials wanted to push a wide, eight-lane road through the new urban center they anticipated. But on Christmas Eve, they got an early holiday gift: Old Georgetown Road will get to be a boulevard after all. Montgomery County’s award-winning master plan for White Flint, approved in 2010, would… Keep reading…
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Protected bike lanes could fit in DC’s traffic circles; here’s how
London is adding protected bike lanes to one of its traffic circles. Could the same design work in DC? Would we want it to? Keep reading…