Features

DIY fixes that can improve your block for practically pennies

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Take your street into your own hands with pop-up bike lanes, tiny free libraries, gardens, and more.

City Planning, Community Development, Parks & Public Space

Park View/Pleasant Plains, Rhode Island Avenue Corridor, Anacostia

Union Station has a secret Presidential railcar, and more behind-the-scenes pics

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Photographers went behind the scenes at Union Station to capture unique views and check out a Pullman car that was once used by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Here's our photo gallery of the best.

Union Station

NoMa

These are the shortlisted architecture firms for the 11th Street Bridge Park

Rachel Kaufman Friday, May 02, 2014

Six teams will go on to the next stage of the design competition to build an elevated park across the Anacostia.

Anacostia River, City Planning, Community Development, Design, Economic Development, Health and Wellbeing, Parks & Public Space, Retail, Transportation

Capitol Riverfront, Anacostia

Seven free apps to help you (re)discover DC

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Seeing D.C. through all fresh eyes just takes a quick download.

Apps, Design, Media, Restaurants, Technology, Union Station

Downtown, Georgetown/Glover Park, U Street, NoMa, Foggy Bottom/Golden Triangle, The Hill, Anacostia

"D.C.'s High Line" could transform banks of the Anacostia

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, April 01, 2014

The proposed elevated park across the Anacostia would be a first for D.C. With a national design competition for the bridge kicking off, Elevation DC checked in on the park and its goals of fostering economic development, community health, and a cleaner river.

Anacostia River, City Planning, Community Development, Economic Development, Health and Wellbeing, Parks & Public Space, Sustainability

Capitol Riverfront, Anacostia

Join Elevation DC and Think Local First for a Cash Mob in Takoma

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Support local businesses with a "cash mob." It's like a flash mob, but instead of dancing, you shop--and can win cool prizes. We're mobbing Takoma on March 14.

Economic Development

Takoma

Harriet Tregoning to leave Office of Planning: the Elevation DC exit interview

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Harriet Tregoning, DC's planning director since 2007, is leaving to take a job with the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Elevation DC sat down with her for an exit interview.

City Planning

National spotlight: Urban train stations plan for the future

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, January 28, 2014

In many places across the country, including D.C., rail is breaking ridership records as we move away from the personal car. How does a place like Union Station manage the influx of passengers while being a good neighbor?

City Planning, Economic Development, Real Estate, Transportation, Union Station

H Street, NoMa, The Hill

INFOGRAPHIC: Bag law survey highlights first three years of country's first disposable bag law

Rachel Kaufman Friday, January 10, 2014

New data from the District Department of the Environment show a dramatic reduction in plastic bag use since the five-cent fee went into effect.

Anacostia River

Elevation DC wraps up its first year

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Here are the best, most-read, and most important stories from Elevation DC in the past year.

Deconstruction keeps value and dollars in DC's neighborhoods

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Reusing building materials "keeps items that normally would end up in the landfill in the community," says one project manager. Nonprofits have been pushing the idea for decades, but now industry, in D.C. and elsewhere, is catching up.

Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, For Good / Non Profit, Housing, Retail, Sustainability, Workforce Development

Chevy Chase/Friendship Heights

Uline Arena, get ready for your next phase

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The long-abandoned, much-beloved Uline Arena is moving toward a new phase of life. As the project moves forward, here's a look at the building's storied past.

Community Development, Economic Development, Real Estate

NoMa

Union Station marks 25 years: a look back

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, September 24, 2013

D.C's iconic train station has stood for more than a century. But just a few decades ago, its future was in doubt. See its transformation from mold, mildew, mushrooms and "The Pit" to its renaissance today.

City Planning, Economic Development, Transportation, Union Station

NoMa

NoMa History Project to preserve 150 years of memories, lore and facts

Rachel Kaufman Tuesday, June 25, 2013

NoMa, a neighborhood created piecemeal from other places around a Metro station, is still struggling to find its identity even as it transforms into an entirely new place. If history's any guide, history could help.

Community Development, Media

NoMa