Posts about Design Review
Stop crime through design: DC police help design new developments for better safety, like eliminating dark corners. However, police generally want brighter lights than restaurants do. (Post) (Comment)
How and why of opposition: Review processes, set up in the wake of failed urban renewal projects, allow handfuls of residents who fear and overestimate the effects of change to stymie transit and residential projects. (Salon) (Comment)
Nothing can get approval: 2 review boards in Georgetown disagree on what design they'd like for a GU athletic facility. One wanted something taller with less footprint, the other wants the reverse, and the project is "ping-ponging" back and forth. (Current) (Comment)
Local design criteria have value: Protracted design review gave Georgetown a more Georgetown-like Apple store rather than the company's off-the-shelf minimalist facade. Edward McMahon argues that replicating chains' standard architecture diminishes a neighborhood's unmatched value as a unique shopping destination. (PCJ, Eric Fidler) (Comment)
Prefab rowhouses don't cut it: Prefabricated rowhouses, built two years ago near H Street NE sit unsold. Some suspect the prices are too high. Others think the houses are just too ugly to sell. (DCmud, Eric Fidler) ... Richard Layman says this is a good argument for design review. (Comment)
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Cyclists are special and do have their own rules
- Cyclists are special and do have their own rules
- M Street cycle track keeps improving, draws church anger
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- O'Malley announces first projects using new gas tax money
- ICC losing bus service in classic bait and switch
- Silver Spring mall could get massive facelift, new name
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