Plus, building the housing you won't live in
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This 50-year-old movie shows how the District's built environment has changed. Two research papers explain why more housing is good for you, even if you won’t be living in it. Governor Moore's new housing agenda focuses on "starter homes." The neighborhood around Swann Street has a dense history of violence and resistance. Play GGWash Junctions #29.
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Andrew DeFrank (Guest Contributor) • January 6, 2026

If we take a look at what “All the President’s Men” filming locations look like now, we can see changes to the streetscape and built environment that tell us a lot about how DC has changed, and stayed the same, over the past half century.
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Pete Rodrigue (Contributor) • January 7, 2026

Two research papers explain why more housing is good for you, even if you won’t be living in it.
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Dan Reed (Maryland Policy Director) • January 8, 2026

Maryland governor Wes Moore’s new housing agenda would make it easier to build lower-cost “starter homes” for families starting out or downsizing seniors. He calls the proposal “the most aggressive housing policies this state has seen in years.”
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David Schneider • January 5, 2026

Swann Street is where a former member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was beaten and bloodied by two teenagers in August 2025. Before that, Swann Street and the surrounding neighborhood witnessed more than a century of violence and resistance, espionage and counterintelligence, state power and defiance, arrivals and forced departures.
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BeyondDC • January 8, 2026

Happy New Year, Junctions players. Ready to try your luck with this week’s urbanist word puzzle?
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