While I was distracted by my birthday I was sad to hear yesterday that author, activist, and thinker Jane Jacobs died yesterday in Toronto at the age of 89. Although her obituary in today’s Post is good, the New York Times piece is longer and does a better job explaining her life and ideas. I […]
14th Street Photos
I just uploaded to Flickr a number of photos I took around 14th Street today. Click here to view the set.
Can You Keep a Secret?
This is the sort of thing part of me wanted to keep to myself. As part of Cultural Tourism DC’s seasonal WalkingTown DC events where they sponsor dozens of free historical walks throughout the city, they are offering this one on April 22: Metro: Behind the Scenes Saturday April 22, 9 – 10:30 am Meet […]
Hipsters and Urban Planning
My friend Jim recently told me he had read Urban Planning referred to as a very hipster thing to study in the New York Times recently. I did some searching to try to find the article and could just turn up this article from March about a couple Williamsburg residents who became politicized after hearing […]
Homophobia and Gentrification
Wow. This proposed bar would be just down the street from me, and is having license troubles thanks to the minister across the street: “A church leader in the Shaw neighborhood who has described homosexuality as a biblical curse has convinced local commissioners to protest the liquor license for a proposed gay bar he claims […]
Transit-Based Development
There’s a couple big projects around Metro stations on my radar lately. First, after a groundbreaking in October construction is well underway at the Mosaic At Metro project at the Prince George’s Plaza station. I don’t know much about the project, but found this interesting blurb on the website of AGM Financial Services, who is […]
Reviewing The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington metro
Zachary M. Schrag’s recently published book The Great Society Subway has been on my “to read” list for quite some time now. Since the first time I visited Washington, D.C. I was captivated by the city’s Metro system, which I first began to explore in earnest when I lived in the city without a car […]