Posts about Development
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Breakfast links: New name, same taxi game
Taxicab commission changes; Fairfax ups FAR; Plans to hold back the floodwaters; Georgetown connects the bike trails; Still stuck on SunTrust; More residential for Woodley Park; Bike theft doesn’t discriminate; Hit and run; Bike commuter benefits; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Waterfall
Metro chasing waterfalls; Battle in the sidewalks; FBI will not come cheap; Garvey on the Pike; Wanting more in NoMa; Where the bikes go; Where the trains go; Desegregating deductions; For all the infrastructure in China. Keep reading…
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Is DC “growing inclusively”? In 2005, it set out to.
Greater Greater Washington readers are reading DC’s Comprehensive Plan, a document that lays out how we build our city, and discussing it as we go. Each week, we’ll post a summary of the chapter we most recently read, along with some highlights of what our book club participants think about how the plan could change in the upcoming amendment process. In 2005, DC’s… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get around the shutdown
SafeTrack shutdown starts; Get around the shutdown; Deal or no deal?; McMillan development roadblock; Greater without the Olympics; Affordable housing for Rosslyn; Only in Chevy Chase; Think you’re wealthy?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Say “yes” to the… housing
“Yes” to more housing; All aboard Olli; Cycling for SafeTrack; Union Market pushback; Ward 7 livability; Boats are better; Arlington wins. Keep reading…
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A new owner bought my apartment and wanted to tear it down. Here’s how I ended up owning the place.
In 2001 my landlord sold my apartment complex to the National Cathedral. It wanted to replace our apartments with a visitors’ center. I managed to stay put and buy my unit because of a DC law called the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA). Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: White is the new Orange
The votes are in; Libby Garvey in Arlington; Mobile app makes party changes; Building stays industrial near Metro; Medical Center access is expensive; Putting the brakes on dirt bikes; Revote for Local 689?; Tough day for travel; Get outta town. Keep reading…
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Washington ranks #2 in walkable urbanism; Maryland and Virginia outshine other cities’ suburbs
The Washington region is second in the nation in having housing and jobs in walkable places, a new report says. A real stand-out for our region, compared to other similar cities, are the walkable places even outside the center city like Silver Spring and Reston. Keep reading…
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There’s an empty seat at your ANC meeting. Whose is it?
Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) meetings are a place for making important decisions in DC, and the people who actually fill the seats can have a big impact on their neighborhood. Commissioners also have a real opportunity to consider who’s not there, and what their needs and interests are. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New density for Fairfax
Fairfax zoning fight; New heights for Reston; A library or housing?; Less boring in Loudoun; New design, longer walk; More free Metro; Welcome to Metro; Gentrification hits Cleveland. Keep reading…