Posts about Preservation
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Breakfast links: RFK site stewardship bill advances out of US House
US House approves RFK stadium site redevelopment bill. WMATA given 90 days to rectify gaps in train operator certification process. HUD greenlights redevelopment plan for Annapolis’ Harbour House and Eastport Terrace public housing. Keep reading…
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The Chevy Chase DC historic district application fails on the merits
A group in Chevy Chase DC is applying for historic preservation status (again), which would require meeting a series of specific criteria to be approved. Like every place, Chevy Chase DC has history. But it doesn’t clear the bar laid out by the law. Keep reading…
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Time zone: How documents from the 1930s shed light on DC’s land use today
The National Capital Planning Commission began its 100-year celebrations with a review of some of the many documents in its new digital library. GGWash’s DC Policy Director, Alex Baca, presented. Keep reading…
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DC’s brutalist buildings tell a half-hidden history
Architects and politicians have argued about what DC’s modern federal buildings should look like for decades, with the “winners” becoming semi-permanent fixtures of our urban landscape. Keep reading…
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GGWash Picks of 2023: Where is downtown DC? It’s up for debate
DC’s zoning map provides one definition for Downtown, business improvement districts and the Census Bureau give others — and none of them are perfect. Keep reading…
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GGWash Picks of 2023: Is Prince George’s County losing its status as the region’s Black promised land?
For years, Prince George’s County was known as a mecca for Black homeownership and middle to upper class growth. However, its status as such is not so guaranteed. Keep reading…
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GGWash Picks of 2023: Greenbelt and Langston Terrace planners promised quality housing — and to improve residents’ morality
The unique New Deal planned communities were designed to address DC’s acute housing shortage in the 1930s and uplift the virtue of residents, but ultimately failed to live up to their full promise. Keep reading…
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GGWash Picks of 2023: Tastee Diner is not Silver Spring’s soul
I wondered why I can’t just give in and enjoy Tastee Diner the same way. One reason is that, for a few reasons, I didn’t go to Tastee Diner much. The other is that to say one diner marks the decline of an entire community is short-sighted. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wizards, Capitals plan to move to publicly financed Potomac Yard stadium
Wizards, Capitals to move to new Potomac Yard stadium in 2028 while Mystics to move to Capital One Arena. Prince William County hearing on opening agricultural land to data centers hits 14 hours…and keeps going. Montgomery County officials react to $17M in proposed state cuts to Ride On. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Youngkin pushes federal workforce return to office to boost Metro ridership
Wiedefeld lays out impact of $3 billion transportation budget cuts in Maryland. Study: Telework policies are bad for transit but good for diversifying federal workforce. DC’s hotel shelter program for medically vulnerable will close this month. Keep reading…