Elizabeth Whitton
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Here’s what urbanist podcasts we’re listening to
GGWash contributors shared some of their favorite urbanist podcasts in 2017, and since new ones are coming out all the time, we decided it was time to update the list. If you're all caught up on Talking Headways, give some of these a listen. → Read More
Here are the urbanist podcasts GGWash loves
“What is your favorite podcast?” This may have been a rare question five years ago, but now it's hard to go to a happy hour without being posed this question. Thankfully, GGWash contributors have shared theirs–with an urbanist bent, of course. Now you'll have lots of wonderful, wonky recommendations for your colleagues. → Read More
Breakfast links: Comings and goings
Why people leave • Where the kids are • Welcome the millennials • Fixing the freeway problem • Tragedy at Metro station, again • WMATA (HQ) for sale • Largo hospital is more likely • How Purple got cheaper • And... → Read More
It's cherry blossom time in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
Metro shutdown in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
Spring has sprung in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
An institution demolished in the Flickr Pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
Breakfast links: We could have nice things
Tear it down • DCRA fail • Streetcar haters gonna hate • Rand won't ride • Housing and poverty linked • USDOT threats • Buzzard Point Marina closed • Let's move beyond the automobile → Read More
Silhouettes in the Flickr Pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
Goodbye to winter (hopefully!) in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
Bike Lanes, floods, and goodbyes in the Flickr Pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
Old gas station, or new urban place?
Gas stations are slowly becoming a thing of the past, but properties with abandoned stations can become vibrant community spaces. Transforming gas stations can add density, encourage foot traffic, and bring economic activity to neighborhoods. → Read More
Goodbye, pretty snow in the Flickr Pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
Snowzilla in the Flickr Pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. → Read More
The National Park Service turns 100 this year
2016 is the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, which oversees lots of outdoor space in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. All year, there will be special events throughout our region to celebrate. → Read More
Starting a business in the region just got easier
It used to be that owning part of a small business or development project was only for well-heeled investors. But thanks to a recent legal change, it's easier for people with more average incomes to own part of a neighbor's plan to turn blighted property into the next coffee shop, brewery, or restaurant. → Read More