Posts about Development
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Breakfast links: States like it, commentators don’t
High-speed, Baltimore to Richmond, bit by bit; From bad to worse quality commentary; Loudoun mega-sprawl plan on foreclosure block; Sign them up; Who needs Central Park?; More from Maryland; As least we have SmarTrip. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Highway robbery
MPD would rather white people didn’t file police reports in Trinidad?; Stop the Sprawlway; Moran: Widen 14th Street; Developers not interested in Purple Line, except those that are; DC can complete Georgia Avenue; Not even safe on the sidewalk in Glen Burnie; Be glad you don’t live in the OC; Chicago parking deal illegal or just bad?. Keep reading…
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Hopkins lobbyist circulating “push poll” survey on Gaithersburg West
Residents of the Gaithersburg and North Potomac areas recently received an email invitation to take a “survey” about the future of the I-270 corridor and The survey comes from Richard Parsons, who was hired by Johns Hopkins University to push for large-scale sprawling office parks on the former farm it owns west of Gaithersburg, far from existing transit and most of… Keep reading…
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Minnesota-Benning road connection would substantially cut traffic
DC economic development rep Ayris Scales claims that a planned road connection around the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road is a “road to nowhere.” But according to a traffic study prepared for DDOT, the connection will meaningfully relieve traffic congestion in the area. It’ll also make the main intersection safer by lowering the numbers of… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Getting more
Talk and text in Metro stations; Raise our TOD standards; Why don’t more people bike?; Lock ‘em up or build ‘em lanes; Inflating more than the tires; Inclusionary zoning vs just more housing; Parking rules too tough to enforce? Just try anarchy. Keep reading…
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Inclusionary zoning in 3… 2… 1…
The Fenty Administration has completed the last step to implement DC’s inclusionary zoning law. Today’s DC Register contains the “maximum rent and price schedule” (scroll to page 53), which computes the actual rents and purchase prices for units of various sizes that comply with the income thresholds in the law. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Newer, faster, fairer, calmer
New New Carrollton; High-speed VRE; Now a fairer land for peds; Lawyers calmer, slimmer in Reston; Bixi in Boston; Not a free parking space; Strike! BART to shut down Monday; Amtrak ridership off highs. Keep reading…
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Now and Future: Results Gym
The owner of the building at 1612 U Street, NW, which currently houses Results Gym, is planning a modern addition to fill in a gap in the existing streetwall, accommodate more workout space, and make room for a rooftop pool on the old building. To respect the historic brick side facade of the building, the addition will use an all-glass front that keeps the old wall visible from the street. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Forgiven
Metro news; Forgiving vs. self-explaining roads; Manhattan’s “vertical cul-de-sac”; Develop here, not there; Leventhal and Knapp’s own windshield perspective; More progress at 15th and W. Keep reading…