Posts tagged Alley Dwellings
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Why are neighbors fighting to keep this decrepit alley building from becoming a house?
Despite trying to obstruct the process, many neighbors have made offers to buy the building during the approval process–all unsolicited by the owner, who just wants to build out and rent it as a home. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trampled by teenagers
Green line shooting; Unscheduled stop; Up in smoke; All things considered; Alley zoning; Hello Havana; Architectural fashion; Dubious honors; Pop pop-up. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation projects for the new year
VA’s Outer Beltway coming; What counties want; More info on Jack’s; Arlington peaking?; Year’s most annoying in development; Regulations make alley living pricey; DC faces higher fiscal cliff; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Neglect
Entrepreneur lets estate decay; Where’s the exit, Metro?; Building falls down; Some live off the beaten path; Walkable North Bethesda vs. U Street; Time to shuffle committees?; Soccer proposal gets numbers; McDonnell backing off Silver Line. Keep reading…
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Rewritten DC zoning code corrects past mistakes
Accessory apartments, corner stores, alley dwellings, and less parking, all of which were legal when DC’s historic neighborhoods grew into their current form, could become more prevalent under a proposed new zoning code. The first third of the code is now out as a public draft, and residents will debate these and other changes in the coming months. Formal Zoning Commission… Keep reading…
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The physical evolution of Blagden Alley-Naylor Court
Blagden Alley-Naylor Court is a designated historic district in the Shaw neighborhood, contained between O and M Streets and 9th and 10th Streets. What makes these blocks significant are the alleys that remain almost perfectly intact in their original 1865 alignment. Many homes were built on alleys throughout the city in the late 19th century, particularly to house an influx… Keep reading…
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Morning links: The axe starts to fall
MWAA, the Fairfax disconnector; Transit cuts will mean gridlock every day; Arlingtonians will have to shovel too; Klein not in sync with Rein’s sprawl dreams; OP vs. neighbors, reversed; A bicycle IS a transportation device; In other news. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tysons in transit-ion
Inside the Tysons tunnel; New Tysons buses, VRE operator; Idaho stop or a wink?; Where should the Google trike go?; Toronto may look to alley density; NJ Transit site snazzier but not more transparent; Less frequent service, less TOD?. Keep reading…
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More WalkingTown tomorrow
[Autoposted while I’m in France Keep reading…
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WalkingTown tomorrow
This weekend is WalkingTown DC, full of free walking (and biking) tours all across the city. Keep reading…