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Yeah, I agree with "w", everyone thought Williams's extra 100k was a great idea, as long as those "extra" 100k didn't come to *their* neighborhood. DC's (and Congress's) nearly century-long "war" against alley dwellings has foreclosed on a lot of opportunities for affordable housing, granny flats over garages and other ways to densify and diversify neighborhoods without necessarily bringing more traffic and congestion. Our current 1950s zoning code hold fast to a one-dwelling-structure-per-lot orthodoxy that is fundamentally suburban in its outlook.

That's not to say many of the old alley dwellings weren't fetid and sub-standard, but then again many of the pre-1880 row dwellings facing the main streets didn't have indoor plumbing either, and I'm pretty sure most of my friends who live in DC row houses now have indoor toilets and bathing facilities.

by Paul on Oct 19, 2009 2:33 pm • link • report

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