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This photo shows why buildings in Rosslyn aren’t even taller

By Dan Malouff (Board of Directors, Editorial Board) • March 31, 2020

For decades, Rosslyn has had the tallest buildings in the Washington region. But they’re still not that tall — they max out at around 400 feet, which is well below the height of the tallest buildings in most major US cities. So why doesn’t Rosslyn have bigger buildings?

Georgetown University almost built a neoclassical bus station

By Dan Malouff (Board of Directors, Editorial Board) • April 2, 2020

In 1985 as Georgetown University considered its plans for the future, University Architect Dean Price sketched this illustration of a possible neoclassical bus station.

A long time ago DC once had its own Arc de Triomphe

By Dan Malouff (Board of Directors, Editorial Board) • April 1, 2020

Paris’s Arc de Triomphe is world famous, but did you know DC once had its own version?

This brochure is how people learned about Metro in 1968

By Dan Malouff (Board of Directors, Editorial Board) • April 3, 2020

WMATA adopted its initial plan for the Metrorail system in 1968. Between then and the beginning of construction in 1969, the agency published this brochure, to teach people about the coming system.

A new authority could revolutionize rail in Virginia

By Wyatt Gordon (Virginia Correspondent) • March 31, 2020

After decades of railroad corporations’ stranglehold on Virginia’s rail expansion plans, the Commonwealth will now join the elite handful of states featuring a legal entity with a mandate to own, manage, and expand rail infrastructure for the public good and the benefit of businesses across the region.