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 […]
Finding Local Blogs
Recently I have been hearing about two recently launched websites designed to help folks find blogs by geographic location. PlaceBlogger is a fairly straight-forward directory that has some aggregated content on the main page. Outside.in is much more powerful — it aggregates blog posts and allows you to view all the posts for a given […]
The New Puritainism: The Politics of Alcohol in DC
Since 2001, the regulation of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages in the District has been controlled by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration, a seven-member regulatory body of city government. ABRA issues licenses to all types of sellers of alcohol in the city, monitors compliance with city law, and has the power to issue […]
Rethinking College Park: An Update
Things have been kind of quiet around here lately for a couple reasons: I just successfully wrapped up my first semester of graduate school, and because most of my blogging energy has been dedicated to Rethink College Park, a new community website I am involved in. Readers of this website may be familiar with the […]
DC Launches Pedestrian Master Plan
Heard about this from an email from the planning school: The District of Columbia Pedestrian Master Plan has launched their project website AND online survey (see links below). If you live or work in the District, please take a few minutes to complete the short survey, and then forward it along to any friends/colleagues/neighbors who […]
DC Bloggers Meetup in January
After several months of small Meetups, Patrick and I are putting together a meetup for January to re-start the group. Hope you can make it! DC Blogger January Meetup Jan. 17, 7:00 p.m. RFD – 810 7th Street NW