I love these photos. You present a wonderful mix of approaches -- time of day, weather, angles, subject matter, vantage points. You make me homesick! I lived and worked in Northern Virginia for most of my adult life, and D.C. is the city to which I guess I unconsciously compare all others. I love getting around it by Metro or bike.
D.C.'s height restriction probably makes the pedestrian experience better. The city, of course, doesn't have Arlington's Crystal City's and Rosslyn's skyscrapers, but those neighborhoods against the Potomac, though once part of the district, don't share D.C.'s overall street appeal.
It is interesting that DC has managed to maintain its height limit to this day. Did you know that Philadelphia's city elders had a gentlemen's agreement along the same lines for most of the 20th century -- until it was broken to permit the construction of Liberty Place in the 1980s? This became the source of some local superstition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Billy_Penn
I need to spend some time looking at the Ivy City plan -- it looks promising, at a glance.
A city's sports curse not caused by some baseball misstep! And a hight limit enforced only by something like regard for tradition.
We moved to Tennessee last year--and we retired from teaching--after my wife's mom unexpectedly passed away. We're living in her mom's home an hour from Nashville where my wife grew up.
Sorry to hear about your family’s loss. Have never been to Nashville, but I’ve heard it presents an interesting cross-section of American culture. I believe the Southern Agrarian writers were centered at Vanderbilt, no? I have a friend who grew up in rural Tennessee, near some of the TVA projects that were built during the FDR years. Are you enjoying being in the region?
Thanks. In Nashville not long ago I met a Cuban-American whose aristocratic family lost all in the revolution. It was an interesting conversation: the Southern Agrarians really speak to him.
I miss the city, if I can call Arlington a city. We're in a small town. It's not exactly I'll Take My Stand here, though we have a lot of farmers. I've made a couple of great friends, something that surprised me at my age. But I'd hate to never move away eventually.
I love these photos. You present a wonderful mix of approaches -- time of day, weather, angles, subject matter, vantage points. You make me homesick! I lived and worked in Northern Virginia for most of my adult life, and D.C. is the city to which I guess I unconsciously compare all others. I love getting around it by Metro or bike.
D.C.'s height restriction probably makes the pedestrian experience better. The city, of course, doesn't have Arlington's Crystal City's and Rosslyn's skyscrapers, but those neighborhoods against the Potomac, though once part of the district, don't share D.C.'s overall street appeal.
I didn't know much of the city's growth was happening one lot at a time, and I wasn't aware of your "West Bronx Wisdom" article that you linked to about the borough's traditional urbanism. I wonder what you think of D.C.'s approach to reimagining some of its neglected neighborhoods, such as its "small area plans" (e.g., one for Ivy City -- https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/page_content/attachments/IvyCitySAP_Council%20Approved_11.26.24_web.pdf ).
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed this post.
It is interesting that DC has managed to maintain its height limit to this day. Did you know that Philadelphia's city elders had a gentlemen's agreement along the same lines for most of the 20th century -- until it was broken to permit the construction of Liberty Place in the 1980s? This became the source of some local superstition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Billy_Penn
I need to spend some time looking at the Ivy City plan -- it looks promising, at a glance.
Have you relocated?
A city's sports curse not caused by some baseball misstep! And a hight limit enforced only by something like regard for tradition.
We moved to Tennessee last year--and we retired from teaching--after my wife's mom unexpectedly passed away. We're living in her mom's home an hour from Nashville where my wife grew up.
Sorry to hear about your family’s loss. Have never been to Nashville, but I’ve heard it presents an interesting cross-section of American culture. I believe the Southern Agrarian writers were centered at Vanderbilt, no? I have a friend who grew up in rural Tennessee, near some of the TVA projects that were built during the FDR years. Are you enjoying being in the region?
Thanks. In Nashville not long ago I met a Cuban-American whose aristocratic family lost all in the revolution. It was an interesting conversation: the Southern Agrarians really speak to him.
I miss the city, if I can call Arlington a city. We're in a small town. It's not exactly I'll Take My Stand here, though we have a lot of farmers. I've made a couple of great friends, something that surprised me at my age. But I'd hate to never move away eventually.