Posts about Architecture
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Breakfast links: Will it get built?
Budget passes, Silver doesn’t; Concrete solutions; Where people bike and carpool; Incomplete passes; Kabuki transportation bill; Money isn’t everything; We want retail; Not in the zone; Last call; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deeply divided
Virginia Senate divided over Silver Line; Maryland divided over special session; Council vs. mayor; LivingSocial gets LivingSocial-type deal on taxes; Buses down; Taller building gets OK; Kids allowed to walk to school; Fix DC elections; Peck wrongly sent packing?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Emancipation
A competitive general?; Many reasons; Conflicts go online; Bike bits; Taxes broken less often; Along the Purple Line; Before the Old Post Office was old; Bikeshare goes Hollywood; Did sidewalks add to Trayvon tragedy?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purchase power
It’s quite fare; Never mind the fines; More on the height limit; Think regional?; Streetcars and bikes don’t mix; Existential transformations; Rail demand just keeps rising; Bikes rule Mexico City Sundays; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raise the roof
Raise the height limit?; Wish list would restore cuts, maybe; Metro no, rural roads yes; Innovation gets grants; Forest Glen zoned for failure; Easy as 3-1-1; Back to the land in the city; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Improvements
Fares will increase less; Now you see Silver, now you don’t; From parking to high rises; See ideas for the Mall; Modify the Ike memorial?; Hard to grab lunch in Anacostia; A city that still sleeps; Brutal preservation; And…. Keep reading…
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Keegan plans to grow in Church St theater
The Keegan Theatre, on Church Street in Dupont Circle, plans to renovate its building and add a small addition, a new and glassier lobby. The changes will give the cramped theater the backstage space it needs, and will make it accessible to persons with disabilities. The biggest debate will likely revolve around design. Is a lobby with wavy glass an impressive addition to the… Keep reading…
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Tour the White House with Google Street View
Want to tour the White House, but can’t score an entry pass? Google’s Street View tool now includes the building’s interior. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Harder and easier with wheels
DC cycle tracks get boost; Metro sort of accessible; Biddle not out yet; In not shocking news; VDOT selling housing properties; No pedestrian plaza on 10th; Dupont parking meeting roundup; Legal to exclude reporters in Loudoun?; Have 8 hours to kill?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to normal
Nats Park neighborhood on the upswing; Chaos to blame?; Showdown at the border; Urban renewal now old; Privatization a mistake?; Fast becomes slow; Density good for revenue. Keep reading…