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1. There's nothing cumbersome about first-line historic review. I've been through it several times. It's just Google Earth street view they use at an extra desk at DCRA you have to go through when getting a permit.

2. There are awful pop-ups in historical districts. Except for Georgetown, historic preservation is a sham in DC. Mostly just saving a facade.

The rule on pop-ups in DC historic districts is that it can't be seen from street level. HPRB has interpreted that in it's strange wisdom to mean the actual street surface closest to a building's front. That is the view someone lying in the gutter would have.

We have butt ugly pop-ups in the 1500 blocks of S and Swann.

But they're not visible if you'relying in the gutter.

3. Architecture is most definitely an art(not that some local developers would ever know). It should be encouraged. While some infill of missing buildings in a row may be a valid argument for imitation to restore the character of a block, generally imitative architecture is just pastiche.

by Tom Coumaris on May 25, 2012 10:53 pm • link • report

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