Posts about Development
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In praise of the stacked townhouse
A cross between apartments and townhouses, the “stacked townhouse” is becoming a popular house type among DC-area homebuilders and buyers. While they’re great for urban neighborhoods, a quirk in zoning means they’re most common in far-flung suburbs. Keep reading…
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How do our cities’ decisions perpetuate racial bias? How do the choices we advocate for?
America’s struggles with gun violence and police relations with communities of color have burst, again, into the headlines over the last few weeks. Our contributors and editors have some thoughts about these issues and how they relate to the decisions our cities make around housing, transportation, and much more. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Beating the heat
It’s getting hot in here; Had it with hot cars; Metro’s bad budget news; Can you hear me now?; Abandoned home angst; Hardly a plan in Arlington; Fuzzy math on robberies; More bus bays for King Street; This week in approvals; Big sales in the suburbs. Keep reading…
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Worldwide links: France
Today, we mourn for France, which was again the target of a horrific terrorist attack. Tragedy in France: A man killed over 80 people and injured at least 200 more when he drove a truck through a crowds celebrating Bastille Day in France’s southern city of Nice. The attack on the pedestrian-filled promenade was the third major terrorist attack in France since January 2015. Tramways… Keep reading…
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This building is very tall and very vacant
Our region’s tallest building is in Rosslyn, and it has been vacant since the day it opened in 2013. That’s because construction started during a time of economic prosperity but wrapped up during a downturn. Keep reading…
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The peculiar fight over density at the Bethesda Metro
Clark Enterprises, a company that formerly owned the biggest road construction contractor in Montgomery County, is fighting against a new building planned atop the Bethesda Metro station. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Statehood to a vote
One step closer to statehood; Prince George’s new perception; Grading the gondola; Taxi turn in Arlington; Give me a brake; Originally office, now housing instead; Rural gentrification; And…. Keep reading…
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33 pages after calling for a growing and inclusive city, DC’s Comprehensive Plan muddies that vision
Greater Greater Washington readers are reading the DC Comprehensive Plan together. Each week we discuss a section online. We’ll post a summary of each chapter and our participants’ thoughts about the changes we want to see in the upcoming amendment process. DC’s 2005 Comprehensive Plan began with a strong and encouraging vision: building… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Victory in the bike lane
Bicycle law advances; Metrobus falls behind; Transit wish list; Who’s on the permit?; A vehicle for change?; ANC nominations begin; Violent crime up, overall crimes down; And…. Keep reading…
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Help us map out DC’s vacant buildings
DC doesn’t have an accurate count of how many vacant buildings it has, which means lots of missed opportunities for more tax revenue or new housing. We’ve created a map of the vacants the city knows about. Tell us about the ones that are missing, and we’ll send the full list to the DC Council before it votes on a law to fix the counting problem. Keep reading…