DC’s historic board voted to protect a non-historic parking lot. Why?
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Here's our roundup of this week's must-read posts: Historic preservation was seemingly used to override zoning and prevent future development on a non-historic parking lot in Chevy Chase. The Richmond City Council declared a housing crisis – and then rejected a permit allowing the manufacture of affordable housing. National Park Service ownership of most of the parks in DC means those parks can’t thrive as urban amenities. And more!
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Nick Sementelli (Board of Directors) • May 31, 2023
DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board protected a non-historic parking lot in Chevy Chase. The decision indulges the desire (of some) to use historic preservation to override zoning and prevent development, and defies HPRB’s own precedents.
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Wyatt Gordon (Contributor) • June 1, 2023
A vote against an affordable housing facility shows the deep wounds caused by Richmond’s racist zoning.
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Rachel Clark (Guest Contributor) • May 30, 2023
The National Parks Service owns most of DC’s famed parkland. That creates challenges for managing these amenities and maximizing benefits for the public. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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Dan Malouff (Editorial Board) • June 2, 2023
Double the fun in this week’s Photo Friday, compiled with images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool!
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Jeff Wood (Contributor) • June 2, 2023
LA Metro’s Chief Innovation Officer questions approaches to community engagement for bike and bus lane projects. Mesa, AZ is the world’s first Autism Certified City. How Houston hopes to gain more control over its MPO.
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