Downtown Silver Spring is one of the region’s youngest and most diverse neighborhoods, but rising home prices could make that a thing of the past. To address that, Montgomery County will look at ways to loosen up single-family zoning in the area.
By David Alpert (Executive Director) • June 7, 2020
The 1950 plans for DC show massive efforts to remove people from so-called “blighted” neighborhoods, and give more fascinating and scary insights into the urban development mindset of the day. They also include a full-color map showing the many freeways then planned for the city.
Harland Bartholomew’s legacy demonstrates with particular clarity that planning is never truly neutral; value judgments are always embedded in the objectives engineers set for themselves.
Transit agencies have a lot to consider when choosing to shut down during protests. The COVID-19 pandemic shows how work expectations align with where people live. This is a moment of reckoning for city planners, and more in this week’s National links.
As of the latest Progress Report on Tysons, 12,991 new homes had been built, nearly 1,000 were under construction, and 30,000 more were either approved or under review. At this pace, housing construction in Tysons is on track to exceed the plan’s goals well before 2050.
By David Alpert (Executive Director) • June 5, 2020
While Janeese Lewis George (whom GGWash endorsed) is celebrating her victory over incumbent Brandon Todd in DC’s northern Ward 4, we still don’t know who’s going to be the Democratic nominee for Ward 2, covering Georgetown to Logan Circle. Brooke Pinto and GGWash endorsee Patrick Kennedy are separated by just 187 votes with many ballots left to count.
Metro carried over 70,000 passengers on Saturday, the largest day for protests in the Washington region. This most the highest ridership level the transit system has seen since the pandemic started three months ago. (Luz Lazo / Post)
Brooke Pinto, a former employee of Attorney General Karl Racine’s office, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for the Ward 2 Council seat. Patrick Kennedy, the Greater Greater Washington-endorsed second-place candidate, conceded on Saturday. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
Anthony Bernard Brennan was arrested in Montgomery County after allegedly attacking three teenagers who were posting anti-racism fliers in the Capital Crescent Trail on Thursday. Brennan has since apologized for the incident. (Dan Morse / Post)
Saturday saw the largest day of protests in DC, despite high temperatures and a brief rain storm. The protests were much more jubilant compared to recent days, with some protesters signing and dancing. (DCist)
After Saturday’s massive protest, many activists are wondering what comes next. Some want to focus their energies on voting against Donald Trump in the upcoming election, while others are pushing for police reform. (DCist)
President Trump announced on Sunday that all out-of-state National Guard units will begin to withdraw from DC over the next three days. Meanwhile the District of Columbia National Guard will remain standing by to support peaceful protests. (DCist)
After bottoming out in April, the number of homes up for sale has rebounded to levels above May 2019. The number of new home listings have also gone up, as has the number of viewings. (Nena Perry-Brown / UrbanTurf)
