Below is the agenda for the December 14th community meeting on development plans for 3101 Albemarle and the developers’ application for zoning relief. Soapstone Valley Ventures plans to build five […]
Sidwell plans Dec. 7th public meeting on expansion
Sidwell Friends School is inviting the public to a meeting about its plans to expand onto the Washington Home property next door. On Monday, December 7th at 7 p.m., Head […]
More Time To Be Heard On Zoning Rewrite
We’ve told you now about about two different “last chances” to comment on the zoning rewrite (last chance #1 and last chance #2). Here’s the third – and perhaps final […]
Last Chance To Be Heard On Zoning Rewrite
If you have a strong opinion on the proposed changes to DC’s 1958 zoning code and the Zoning Commission has not yet heard from you, your chance comes on Tuesday, […]
Perspective: We Are Transit Rich – And Transit Poor
by Marlene Berlin Is Van Ness “well-served by transit?” That’s the question I am left with after reading the Coalition for Smarter Growth’s recap of parking minimums changes in the […]
Zoning Hearings: Sign Up Now To Testify
The next step in the now years-long process to rewrite the 55-year-old zoning code enters its next phase in November: Public hearings. And if you wish to testify, the time […]
OP Changes Tune On ‘Transit Zone’ Parking
by Marlene Berlin As part of a long-running effort to rewrite DC’s 1950s-era zoning code, the Office of Planning proposed a change in areas well-served by public transportation, called transit […]
A Tale Of Two Developments
Two new apartment buildings with 200+ units are going up on Connecticut Avenue. The similarities seem to end there. And the differences include the neighborhood response to each project. The […]
Park Van Ness: An Architect’s View
Some thoughts on Park Van Ness by Ken Terzian, architect and Forest Hills resident who attended BF Saul’s presentation at last week’s ANC 3F meeting: The presentation to the ANC […]
Park Van Ness Plans Presented To ANC 3F
by Mary Beth Ray ANC 3F03 Commissioner Architects John Torti and Sarah Alexander of Torti Gallas, and John Collich of Saul Centers, Inc., presented their new design for the property […]