Posts tagged Urban Design
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Baltimore plans to replace beach volleyball with a parking garage
Over the past 11 years, beach volleyball has become an unlikely success in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, drawing young adults for clean, athletic fun. But as the city moves ahead with plans to replace the volleyball courts with a parking garage and rooftop lawn, typically unengaged millennials are fighting back. Keep reading…
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This could have been the Silver Spring Transit Center
Though it remains unfinished, the Silver Spring Transit Center has been in planning since 1997. But 20 years before that, architecture students created this proposal for a giant box stretching across downtown Silver Spring. Keep reading…
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With its new plaza, Tysons begins to feel urban
Metro’s Silver Line isn’t the only indication the transformation of Tysons Corner is clearly underway. Further undeniable evidence: The Plaza, a popular new urban-style open space at the front door to Tysons Corner Center mall. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deals with Uber and Lyft
VA and MD rule on Uber and Lyft; Meanwhile, rules wait in DC; Give your input for Courthouse Square; Forbes says DC is coolest metro; Architect criticizes DC skyline; Buses in Bowie; Boathouse paddles along; And…. Keep reading…
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“Let’s use this space!” say mysterious signs around Silver Spring’s unfinished transit center
While repair work continues on the Silver Spring Transit Center, the entire block around it remains roped off. On Friday morning, big signs appeared asking to turn the space into a temporary park. Keep reading…
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To turn this Silver Spring street around, one building owner put in fake stores
For years, the ground-floor shops at the Guardian Building in downtown Silver Spring have sat empty. To lure new tenants, the building’s owner brought the space to life with fake storefronts. Keep reading…
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How do you fix Ballston mall? Make it less like a mall
Problem: The Ballston Common Mall isn’t working very well. Solution: Open the mall up to the surrounding streets, so it becomes the center of a lively community rather than a walled-off separate place. Keep reading…
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Bus stop or transit station? It’s not all the same thing
The more riders who use a bus stop, the larger and more amenity-filled the stop should be. That’s the message behind this nifty infographic from Arlington, showing the basic types of stops, and when they’re appropriate. Keep reading…
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Thousands of public parking spaces in Bethesda and Silver Spring sit empty every day
Ask someone about driving in Bethesda or Silver Spring on a weekend night and he or she will give you a mouthful: “There’s nowhere to park!” But as those communities have grown, their parking demands have actually gotten lower. On an average day, thousands of spaces there sit empty. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The future of getting a ride
Cab surge pricing for all; “A” is for autonomous cars; Silver Line by July 4? Maybe, maybe not; Vote today in Arlington; A less federal L’Enfant?; Relief for epileptics and others; Pushed out to the exurbs; Ukraine’s revolutionary design; And…. Keep reading…