Posts about Preservation
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Do you have a legal right to a cliffside view?
A condo building is planned for the site of the Exxon station at the bottom of the Exorcist Steps on M Street NW in Georgetown. Residents on Prospect Street, just 75 steps above the site, fear the building will block their spectacular views of the Potomac. But can Prospect Street residents, who undoubtedly paid handsomely for their views of the Potomac, have any say in a project… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: For real
Late-night service likely safe, other service not; Pass the negligent driving bill; 2 of 4 HPRB nominations may cause problems; UDC wants to grow in people, not cars; Drivers are safer, other road users…?; Tysons Corner 22102; Kidical Mass in 3 weeks; And…. Keep reading…
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Will preservation be a tool of blatant anti-development?
Opponents of a redevelopment project at Colonel Brooks’ Tavern next to the Brookland Metro are turning to historic preservation as their latest anti-building tactic. Lydia DePillis reports that ANC 5A has nominated Colonel Brooks’ Tavern and the adjacent houses to be designated as historic. The timing of this is quite suspect, since a Planned Unit Development… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: The next generation draws on the last
What Mad Men would say about trains; LaHood pushes “next generation” of mobility; Neighbors decry child care center; Why Garber supports a landmark nomination; Lessons from a failed iPhone theft; ANC commissioner won with 1 vote; Gentrification looks much different in West Hollywood; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety on board
Guardian Angels upping Metro patrols; Safety issues on Metrobuses; Can the Mayor overrule HPRB?; Changing ways at Wilson Building?; CaBi posts impressive numbers; Make sure density helps all incomes; What it takes to save solar in DC; Giant globe may become giant baseball; And…. Keep reading…
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Where and What’s That?
I recently took a trip to a different city. Can you identify the city from the photos below? How many of these places can you identify? Each pair depicts the same building or site, except the middle pair, which are nearby. Keep reading…
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Want to be on some DC boards?
Mayor Gray has to fill 5 of 9 slots on the Historic Preservation Review Board in the near future. He will also have two appointments to make to the Zoning Commission and two for the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Some seats have people whose terms have expired; Gray could reappoint some of the current members of any of these boards, or not. Other seats are currently vacant. The Committee… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make ‘em pay
Should Montgomery pay for the Purple Line?; Hugo succeeds in hurting his neighbors; Sarles won’t end bag searches; Utility companies under fire; MoCo commission calls for major reforms; Arlington debuts new bike map; DC area sites get preservation grants; Pizza everywhere, almost; And…. Keep reading…
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Lost Washington: The Gayety Theater
Ninth Street NW, the blocks just north of Pennsylvania Avenue: Today they’re lined with rows of the same nondescript office buildings you see everywhere else downtown. And then there’s that hulking FBI building on the west side. But it wasn’t always like this. A hundred years ago this was where the action was. “Ninth Street was the Broadway of Washington,”… Keep reading…
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NCPC plans to be more open
The National Capital Planning Commission is working on an Open Government Plan, to “increase transparency, public participation, and collaboration.” You can vote on their various ideas at an interactive site. Ideas include putting online more of the plans that are under review, live streaming meetings, creating an online platform for people to collaboratively suggest… Keep reading…