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Superblock: Still far from Take-Off

Community Architect Daily

In 2018 BDC issued another RFP and in 2019 BDC selected Westside Partners LLC from the eight proposals that were submitted. Hardship arguments won the day for the demolition permit of the old Eddies in Mount Vernon, a result that caused much CHAP bashing. This route isn't very well defined and leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

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Updated ADU Laws: SB 897 and HCD’s ADU Handbook

Santa Cruz Architect

ADU and JADU (Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit) permits can’t be denied for nonconforming zoning conditions, building code violations, or unpermitted structures on the property, unless they pose a threat to public health and safety. Concurrent Permit Review. Cities must review and issue demolition permits at the same time as ADU permits.

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The Rise and Fall of Baltimore's HarborPlace

Community Architect

No tall building would be permitted on the waterfront except for the eventually constructed Ian Pei designed World Trade Center The waterfront would be protected as parks, public areas with a wide promenade. Millspaugh brought Rouse to the then mayor died in 2018. Initially nobody thought tourists would come).

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American Icon or Chief Offender?

Community Architect

It often controls for maximum height and putting another factory in wouldn't have been permitted either, but a bar or a car repair shop was ok. Research indicates both sides are overstating their case, Bloomberg recently reported about the results in Minneapolis, the city that first took the step of eliminating single family zoning in 2018.

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How to Teach Equity in Architecture?

Community Architect

Introduction to the guest blog When in 1968 the then President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Robert Durham, FAIA, extended an invitation to the executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Fig 7: Urban segregation (Photo by author) Inspired by Eric Klinenberg (2018, p. Charlesworth, 2018).

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Providence lost, regained III

Architecture Here and There

Developers may regret the upfront cost of such a shift, but they will save money over the long run as design review and permitting is simplified, and as the public learns to understand that new buildings need no longer be a cause for anxiety. Plan became less elegant over time and by 2018 had disappeared.

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Will Councilman Dorsey's Elimination of Single Family Zoning Help Baltimore?

Community Architect Daily

The bill mandates nothing but it allows additional use options by permitting accessory dwelling units and, under certain circumstances, dividing single family homes into two or more units. Bloomberg recently reported about the results in Minneapolis, the city that first took the step of eliminating single family zoning in 2018.

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