How, in 2016, we got less of Lanier Heights While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn’t grown.

in case it's interesting, recently wrote a little series about my neighborhood related to this!
part 2: ggwash.org/view/100140/...
part 1: ggwash.org/view/99768/h...
(part 2 focuses on the future; part 1 is about the neighborhood's history)

How Lanier Heights could glow up With a little imagination and ambition, we can build a greener, safer, and more welcoming Lanier Heights.

in @ggwash.org, Nora Brown (planning student at VaTech), my mom (landscape architect), and I imagined what Lanier Heights could look like in the future.
Thanks to @imagineterrain.bsky.social & @dchistorycenter.bsky.social for sharing some neat neighborhood history.
ggwash.org/view/100140/...

How, in 2016, we got less of Lanier Heights While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn’t grown.

in @ggwash.org
Deep dive on the history of my neighborhood, the choices some (predominantly wealthier) residents made to curtail new housing construction, and the way those choices have shaped Northwest DC.
(Ty @imagineterrain.bsky.social for adding addt'l local history)
ggwash.org/view/99768/h...

How, in 2016, we got less of Lanier Heights View this post on ggwash.org

While the District’s population went up by 15% between 2010 and 2020, Lanier Heights’ population increased only 3%. A downzoning is a big part of the reason the neighborhood hasn't grown.

Per early data, Columbia Road bus priority project slaps View this post on ggwash.org

Adams Morgan was great. Thanks to new bus and bike lanes, it's even greater.

Columbia Rd Bikeshare stations seeing a 49% increase in ridership compared to they system's overall 35% increase is so validating. Columbia used to be so sketchy but the new bike lanes are a game changer for cross-town trips and heavy usage reflects this.

Jourdie stopped me on the street while i was doing a little transportation survey and several months later we cowrote this

curious if you have any general reflections; i might write a follow-up thing on some of the same topics; reading The Architecture of Disability by David Gissen rn

ha! i'm not sure i have a thought-out defense re: why we didn't name nonresponsive stores (wanting to be collaborative was part of it). fwiw between the time we started writing and publication, one place (not that grocery store) did install a ramp.