Posts about Development
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Smart growth with more affordable housing in Wheaton, take 2
Last year, the Mehring Group submitted a proposal to the Montgomery County Planning Board to develop an empty three acre parcel of land that sits on the 2800 block of University Boulevard between Westfield Wheaton and the Kensington Heights section of single-family houses. After the Planning Board rejected the proposal, Mehring resubmitted a proposal for 24 townhouses… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Full of hot air
Subway air-powered art; How’s your track doing?; Country lane or hazard to children? Both?; No room for books between the parking lots; Shaw rejoices; Gaithersburg fairly progressive after all; Roundabouts for Maryland, too?; Best cities for singles are walkable. Keep reading…
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Fun is good
The wind in your hair. The rush of motion. The breathtaking view of the landscape. These are some of the joys of riding in a machine invented right around the turn of the twentieth century. I’m talking about the Ferris wheel. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The blind spot
Found it; Turns out it was unsafe after all; Against big government, except at VDOT?; Sun says “lose the lanes”; Now the traffic and megachurch reserve?; Tidbits from a secret meeting; One intersection “repaired,” more to go; Your childhood neighborhood affects your income. Keep reading…
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Looks pretty, but try walking there
The new Chevy Chase Bank on Fairfax Boulevard and Warwick Avenue was approved by Fairfax City shortly after completion of the excellent Fairfax Boulevard Master Plan in 2007. The new building, on the site of one of the Boulevard’s many foundering or former furniture showrooms, has several good features. There’s a pocket park. A nice wide sidewalk with a bench and trees… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links II: Roads, rails and walls
Widening 270 is very bad for Baltimore; Yet another highway?; Game trains you to move cars above all; The people I used to be are ruining my neighborhood!; Riders not happy; Lynx links new riders to transit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links I: Bikes, parks, and parking bikes
Stop it, guys; Truck hit by cyclist, poor truck; Congressmen spend more time at the mall than the Mall; Recreation? That’s not what parks are for!; Which neighborhood will get extremely green?; And…. Keep reading…
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Poplar Point planners present possibilities
Should Poplar Point become two separate districts, one extending the Anacostia neighborhood and one connecting across the river? Or should it be one neighborhood, centered around the Metro station leaving parkland along the waterfront, or activating the waterfront with a large park to one side? Should DC redevelop the Anacostia Metro garage, or leave it? These are some of… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In the east and the south
Greenmonston; Now the “rural until a developer shows interest” tier; MARC-oriented development at Bowie State; Not so minor; What are DDOT’s streetcar plans?; DCPL in the now; Then and now, overlaid; Atkins or South Beach road diet?. Keep reading…
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A fine line: Langley Park’s planned redevelopment
It’s rare that an area so physically suburban already possesses the people element of a thriving urban center. It might be counterintuitive to think that improving transit to such an area could negatively impact that vibrancy. But this is the threat Prince George’s redevelopment plan around poses to Langley Park. The Purple Line will bring positive effects to the community,… Keep reading…