Posts about Development
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DC has few “parking craters” downtown. Here’s why.
Most American downtowns are surrounded by “parking craters,” or big spaces with swaths of parking lots and no buildings. But they have virtually disappeared from DC (all the parking for Congress being a key exception, of course) because downtown office space is in high demand and because each building can only be so tall. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Fits and starts
Not so safe accommodations; Taxation without representation; Foreign object, not arcing; Vote in Maryland!; “Uber of parking” falters; Soccer starts; DCHA goes solar; Bikeshare equity counts. Keep reading…
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After the FBI moves, Pennsylvania Ave could be reborn
The FBI is decamping from its headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover building, leaving the deteriorating 1974 brutalist building and its site on Pennsylvania Avenue up for reinvention. You can weigh in on what comes next for the site. Keep reading…
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Want to write about housing? We’ll teach you how!
From bike lanes to Metro, Greater Greater Washington helps drive the conversation about transportation in our region. We could be saying more about housing, and you can help make it happen. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro issues old and new
Tragedy averted; Automation issues; WMATARU’s fatal flaw; Make Van Ness great again; Delivery’s race factor; More pavement, more problems; HOV in BRT; Hold up at White Oak; Coming soon in NoMa. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Represent
Next stop, statehood; WMATARU, Where R U?; Hogan, the hero?; Same day for some; Farm first; What’s in a name?; Equal opportunity, except for housing; Winter dream bike. Keep reading…
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Big developments serve a huge need, but smaller ones help cities too
It’s pretty common to see new buildings with hundreds of units going up across the region. But what about smaller buildings, going up one at a time? That kind of small scale development, also referred to as incremental development, is an important part of building a city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Rights on the road
Contributory negligence back on the table; Just phoning it in; Buses and buses only; Motion on minimum wage; NoMa mixes it up; Cool down on Crystal City; New bills; San Francisco goes solar; And…. Keep reading…
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My neighbor is an empty house, one of over 3,500 in the District. The DC Council wants to make it affordable housing.
Within one block of my apartment, there are three separate vacant buildings, with little sign of pending construction or development. They’ve been that way for years, and I live in Shaw, which is booming. DC Councilmember Anita Bonds has introduced a bill that’d let the mayor turn vacant buildings into affordable housing. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Skeptic city
Shelter doubts; Safety blitz findings; On the up in Ivy City; Weekend cuts?; Car2go Arlington and DC; Wilson is fine; Smoked out in DC; Consolation fee; And…. Keep reading…