Over the past several months there has been a small blogging renaissance in Shaw. Any discussion of the Shaw blogosphere has to start with the the long-running (almost 4 years) and thoughtful In Shaw. However, the recent renaissance seemed to start some time last summer when Life in Mount Vernon Square (which, despite the name […]
January Blogger Meetup Attendees
Thanks to everyone who attended the January blogger meetup last night. We had about 25 people attend including both regulars and a number of new faces. Commercial or organizational sites represented included DCBlogs, Debatepedia, The ONE Campaign Blog, PharmCountry, and Wirkle. Other attendees of various genres, in no particular order: Candy Sandwich, Brokekid.net, Ross Notes, […]
Shiloh Baptist Church Properties
Shiloh Baptist Church is often mentioned in discussions of the problem of vacant structures in Shaw. Using public city sources I created the map above illustrating the properties owned by the church in the Shaw neighborhood. The church owns seven vacant rowhomes and two parking lots in addition to three occupied church buildings. I have […]
Blogger Meetup Tonight
The DC blogger meetup I organize is tonight at RFD in Chinatown at 7. Looks like we’ll have a good crowd.
Nationals Stadium Taking Shape in Southeast
Today I visited the Southeast DC neighborhood where the Nationals new baseball stadium is under construction. As you can see from this photo the form of the roughly $600 million stadium is taking shape. Fans can follow the project on this website created by the construction companies that features two webcams and a daily archive […]
No Connection Between Metro Stations and Crime
The urban legend is often repeated in D.C. that Georgetown didn’t get a Metro station because that neighborhood’s rich residents feared an invasion of crime and undesirables. The statement is totally false, and has been debunked thoroughly by Zachary Schrag in academic articles and his book about the history of the Metro where he describes […]
First-Ever Guide to Planning Schools Published
Because I know a lot of my planning-interested friends read this blog, I thought I would note that I just noticed the urban planning website Planetizen has published what I believe to be the first-ever comprehensive guide to Urban Planning graduate programs in the U.S. and Canada. The directory includes program rankings, and here is […]