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.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Design review matters ... but so does taste

New rowhouses on the 600 block of Maryland Ave. NE, north side, in the Capitol Hill Historic District, with design review.
Cheap rowhouses, 900 block of 12th St. NE
Prefabricated cheap rowhouses, 900 block of 12th St. NE, without design review.

Not just because the first houses are in the historic district and slightly better located (although in 10 or 20 years there will be a streetcar 1.5 blocks from the latter houses), the houses on Maryland Ave. NE will sell earlier, probably for more, and will appreciate better--because the design is so superior. Likely the quality of construction is better too.

posted by Richard Layman @ 10:38 PM&Permanent Link

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