Light rail and subway lines are spawning a series of new developments.
"Along a block of North Calvert Street, surrounded by crumbling and boarded-up rowhouses, homebuyers are shelling out $400,000 and more for luxury townhouses sprouting on the site of long-demolished buildings."
"None of the developments boast the water views that have sparked unprecedented booms in Baltimore and the region. But the projects all offer something else: access to mass transit."
"After decades of suburban sprawl, high-density transit-oriented development, or TOD - long a pie-in-the-sky vision among urban planners - is now hot. In Maryland, about $2.1 billion worth of transit-oriented projects are under way or in the conceptual stage as government officials and planners increasingly seize on the concept to spearhead redevelopment, and manage sprawl and traffic gridlock."
FULL STORY: Mass transit has new curb appeal
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The city wants to close a loophole that allowed developers to build apartment buildings on single-family lots as ADUs.
The VW Bus is Back — Now as an Electric Minivan
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Has President Trump Met His Match?
Doug Ford, the no-nonsense premier of Canada's most populous province, Ontario, is taking on Trump where it hurts — making American energy more expensive.
Honolulu's Iwilei Center Plans for Redevelopment Into Mixed-Use Space
Striving to expand affordable housing options for Oahu residents, Honolulu's Department of Land Management requests to redevelop the Iwilei Center into a mixed-use space.
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‘Stockholm Tree Pit’ Saves Dying Urban Trees
After noticing that two-thirds of its trees were dying, Stockholm developed a new planting method to protect trees surrounded by concrete.
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