Marble steps and columns crowned in the Corinthian order, yes. Great battleship-like masses of bare concrete, no. So demands an executive order issued from the White House on December 1, 2020, shorthanded as the “beautiful buildings…
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Trouble Ahead With DC Real Estate Taxes
In the 2015 tax year the District of Columbia will implement a new assessment method that will substantially increase real estate taxes for most office properties. This method relies on comparable sales instead of evaluating net…
Southwest Ecodistrict Update
As we reported last July, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) has big plans for the almost 110-acre, 15-block section of Southwest Washington, D.C., that is home to the Departments of Energy, Education, and Housing and…
Keep Your Eye on Florida
Standing in a very long line at the neighborhood polling place seems like a good time to blog. As a Virginia resident my vote really counts today and it appears that hundreds of my fellow Virginians…
The Road to 11/6: Picking The Winner
Less than two weeks from what is shaping up to be a very close presidential election there is no shortage of pundits offering theories on which candidate will prevail. Many so-called experts look to the past…
Our 100th Blog Post!
The decision to start writing a blog is a bit like dipping your toe in the water, knowing it’s cold yet forcing yourself to jump in anyway. As it turns out, it’s not so bad once…
Memorial Day
Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest On this Field of the Grounded Arms, Where foes no more molest, Nor sentry’s shot alarms! Ye have slept on the ground before, And started to your feet At the cannon’s…