DC height limit trade-offs, part 2

DC skyline. CC image from James Calder

Continuing on the discussion of DC’s height limit (and potential changes to it), I wanted to take note of a few more articles on the subject.  George Mason law professor David Schleicher (he of land-use law and procedure fame) asks height limit proponents six basic questions, all of which

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November 27th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Things we can take from Detroit

Spirit of Detroit, from Maia C

…and I’m not just talking about salt, even though the Eastern Seaboard could use a lot of extra road salt right about now.

There are a couple of very interesting bits up on the net recently about Detroit and the lessons it has for the rest of America, for our

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February 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Decentralization, Detroit | Leave a comment

Plenty of Parking

DCist takes note of a great photo of the Mt. Vernon Square area from 1992, looking south towards the Portrait Gallery and what’s now the Verizon Center:

It’s amazing to realize how much the area has changed over the past 15-20 years.  Looking back at the historical images available from Google Earth, you can piece together

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November 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: DC | Leave a comment

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