Posts about Design Review
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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Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Amid scandal, don't lose sight of Gray's policy achievements
- Bethesda gets new but terrible bike racks
- Montgomery plans 160-mile, "gold standard" BRT system
- DC's parks are 5th best in the nation, says "Park Score"
- VDOT ignores own data, pushes widening I-66
- DC's divide need not be black and white
Thu May 24
6:30 pm M Street SE/SW public meeting
Wed May 30
10:00 am Bike-ped safety enforcement hearing
Mon Jun 4
Wed Jun 6
6:30 pm WMATA Riders' Advisory Council
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