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Rectifying Route 1, A Pedestrian Perspective: College Avenue and Route 1

October 20th, 2010  |  by Mark Noll  |  published in Bicycles, Downtown, General College Park, Route 1, Transportation

Few people will deny that Route 1 is well overdue for major improvements. Motorists are fed up with traffic, bicyclists despise its lack of bike lanes and high speed traffic, and pedestrians loath the poor condition of sidewalks. Traffic speeds, up to seven travel lanes (none safe for bicyclists), and long light cycles make this [...]

Prince George’s County Council Election

August 2nd, 2010  |  by Marcus Afzali  |  published in General College Park, Politics, Route 1

Those who read this blog on a regular basis know that the founder of this blog (David Daddio) and District 1 County Councilman Tom Dernoga had more than their fair share of disagreements on redevelopment issues in College Park over the years.   Months ago I spoke with Tom about these disagreements, in particular over the [...]

University Chooses the Cordish Company to Develop East Campus

July 26th, 2010  |  by Christopher Warren  |  published in East Campus, Route 1

On Friday July 23, 2010, the University of Maryland announced it had begun exclusive negotiations with The Cordish Company to develop the East Campus site.   The negotiations are expected to lead to a formal partnership with the Cordish Company becoming the project’s master developer. Read more about this story at: http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=2204. For more information [...]

Updated Varsity Renderings and Construction Time-Lapse

May 12th, 2010  |  by John Euill  |  published in Housing, Route 1, The Varsity

Here are a few updated renderings of The Varsity project near the main entrance of the UMD campus. These images provide us with not only the latest glimpse of what the building will look like, but also its relation to Northgate Park which was redesigned during the development review process after a land swap between [...]

RTCP Sponsored Mazza GrandMarc “Hard Hat Tour” May 17th

May 6th, 2010  |  by David Daddio  |  published in Housing, Mazza Grandmarc, Route 1

Rethink College Park is extremely pleased to announce that it’s sponsoring a “hardhat tour” of the nearly complete Mazza GrandMarc Student housing project in North College Park. Ten years in the making, Mazza’s final approval was the subject of a protracted battle between student leaders, Rethink College Park and County Councilman Tom Dernoga in 2007. [...]

Form-based Codes Debate Hits Email

April 24th, 2010  |  by David Daddio  |  published in General College Park, Housing, Route 1

We thought our readers might be interested in a fiery email debate going on between Tom Dernoga, the District 1 County Councilmember leading the effort to prevent the use of form-based codes (FBC) in northern College Park, and myself. Our respective screeds each lay out a fairly complete case against and for the use of [...]

Squashing the Vision

April 16th, 2010  |  by David Daddio  |  published in General College Park, Politics, Projects, Route 1, Transportation

Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That’s the definition of insanity. ~ Albert Einstein The community’s vision for Route 1 is to have a compact, dynamic, mostly 4-6 story mixed-use corridor. That vision has been formally codified in the Route 1 Sector Plan – the primary zoning document for [...]

Fundamentals of CP Student Housing Still Strong

January 30th, 2010  |  by David Daddio  |  published in Commons 7 and 8, Enclave at 8700 - Formerly Starview Plaza, General College Park, Housing, Northgate Area, Oakland Hall, Route 1, The Varsity, University View Overlook

Of the seven active construction projects (listed on our area projects by number page) in College Park right now, five of them are student housing. The other two are University-led office buildings in M-Square. Indeed, there is an unprecedented amount of dirt moving on Route 1 right now; proving that while the national economy may [...]

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