Happy New Year, everyone. Amy, here.
As you know better than most folks, Friends of White Flint ensures that our community will develop into a walkable, thriving neighborhood. We advocate for the full implementation of the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, and we are helping to craft the White Flint 2 Sector Plan.…
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A recent report from Newmark, Grubb, Knight and Frank, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the world, showed that traditional office parks do not “offer the experience most of today’s tenants are seeking,” and the suburban office market is confronting “obsolescence” on a “massive scale.” The report stated that more than 7.5% of all office space nationally may no longer be salvageable, though a number of those buildings can be saved with some changes.…
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Click this link for a video by Nathan Carrick of the deconstruction of White Flint Mall.
And here’s a great photo of the mall site from the 12th floor offices of Friends of White Flint member Visionary Eye Doctors who are located across the street from the mall.…
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The many empty office spaces along Executive Boulevard in White Flint 2 are far from unusual in the DC Metro area. According to this recent article in The Washington Post, re purposing older office buildings is a vexing issue for many areas. In fact, there are about 71 million square feet of empty office space in the DMV.…
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The bike lane on First Street NE just make the list of one of the top bike lanes in America. Will 2016 be the year we have a Pike District bike lane/cycle track on this list?
See the Washington Post article here.
And see the list of America’s Ten Best New Bike lanes here.…
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Happy Friday, everyone. Amy, here.
As you know better than most folks, Friends of White Flint ensures that our community will develop into a walkable, thriving neighborhood. We advocate for the full implementation of the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, and we are helping to craft the White Flint 2 Sector Plan.…
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Enjoy these photos of the demolition of White Flint Mall taken and published by Greater Greater Washington. And here is a link to GGW’s blog post on the Mall.
And here’s a bonus photo from Pike District resident Pam Gates.
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You may have heard of a concept called “placemaking.” While it sounds like a trendy, made-up word, it’s actually the definitive foundation of the White Flint Sector Plan. No doubt you’re eager to learn more, so here’s a quick Friends of White Flint primer on placemaking.
According to Wikipedia, placemaking is a multi-faceted approach to the planning, design and management of public spaces.…
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