Posts about Development
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Dinner links: Three jeers and a cheer edition
Urban planners in blue: Ike Leggett wants to give the police sole decisionmaking power about what pedestrian paths should go around the Fillmore. Meanwhile, planners and elected offiicals will have almost no say. (Just Up the Pike) Keep reading…
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Boasberg dismisses “irrelevancies” at Hilton hearing
Today’s HPRB meeting followed a familiar pattern, with Chairman Tersh Boasberg repeatedly cutting off witnesses for bringing up issues the Board can’t consider—even those that were mentioned in the staff report. Keep reading…
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Army: Alexandria move will be ok because we say so
The Post follows up with more quotes from Virginia officials and Army spokespeople about their transit-unfriendly move to western Alexandria. The Army says they want 40% of workers to carpool or take transit, but don’t justify how they will make that happen and why it won’t still be a disaster. Keep reading…
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Making an un-urban Hilton slightly more urban
Constructed, as it was, during an era of pedestrian-unfriendly designs and intended to flank a planned freeway, the Washington Hilton at Connecticut Avenue and Columbia Road is one of DC’s most suburban buildings. The HPO staff report writes, Keep reading…
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On Hilton, HPO takes broad view of historic compatibility
The Historic Preservation Office is recommending that HPRB wait to approve the Hilton’s proposed renovations until the hotel can work out an agreement with the community over loading docks. Once that is done, the staff report recommends moving ahead with the project. Keep reading…
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Cheh, Wells, Fisher on car-freedom
Marc Fisher spoke to Councilmembers Mary Cheh and Tommy Wells at last week’s Car-Free Day. Fisher relays anecdotes about Harriet Tregoning converting her free office parking space into bike parking, and about Marion Barry moving Tommy Wells’ bike to take one of the parking spaces at the Wilson building. Keep reading…
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Army chooses least transit-accessible site of three for 6,400 jobs
The Army has decided to locate 6,400 jobs at a site in western Alexandria, right off I-395 but far from Metro, reports the Post. The jobs were originally slated to move from Arlington to Fort Belvoir, but concerns about traffic led the Army to consider alternate sites. Keep reading…
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Still the one (outlier)
Austin Contrarian extended the analysis of the chart of transit usage and density I posted before I left. He noticed the same weaknesses in the data that several commenters did—the absence of some cities, and the arbitrariness of using city boundaries which are small in some cities (like DC) and large in others (like Houston). Keep reading…
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Hybrid taxis to Hilton towers: this week in hearings
I’m back! France was very relaxing, and I also learned a lot about how they practice urbanism and suburbanism. But first, what’s on tap this week: Keep reading…
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Historic post preservation: Westwood Station
[Autoposted while I’m in France] Keep reading…