Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Arlington Finally to Decide on Hotly Debated Limits for McMansions

PH2005102700905.jpgOutsized houses have created a controversy in Arlington where officials are contemplating a limit on what are referred to as "McMansions." (Robert A. Reeder - Robert A. Reeder -- The Washington Post)

The Alexandria-Arlington Extra has this article, "Home Size Builds to Crescendo: Arlington Finally to Decide on Hotly Debated Limits for McMansions," about this issue. In neighborhoods in the core of DC, this is about adding stories and rear additions, in the outer neighborhoods, it's more about McMansionization.

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