Alley Dwellings
Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Alley Dwellings, from most recent to least.
This Week's Find: An Alley Home on the Hill That Used To Be a Refrigeration Plant
Siddhi Mahatole | April 16th
614 A Street SE Rear was purchased by artist Walter Kravitz and his wife Judith Harris in the late 1980s and converted into a home.... read»
Six Alley Homes Are Coming to Kingman Park
UrbanTurf Staff | June 15th 2022
The collection of new homes received a key zoning approval on Wednesday.... read»
Six Alley Townhouses Proposed for Kingman Park
Nena Perry-Brown | February 25th 2022
The developer is seeking a zoning variance to subdivide the alley site.... read»
A Move to Get More Homes and Performance Spaces in DC Alleys Takes a Step Forward
Nena Perry-Brown | July 14th 2020
On Monday, the DC Zoning Commission voted to approve amendments that could enable more alley dwellings to be constructed in DC and more alley events ... read»
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From Homes to Performance Spaces, How a Zoning Change Could Transform DC Alleys
Nena Perry-Brown | June 4th 2020
Proposed zoning amendments would enable more construction on alley lots, and create the potential for public performances there.... read»
Alley Homes Return to Hill East
Nena Perry-Brown | April 29th 2020
A residential project in Hill East is returning residences to seven alley lots, courtesy of the 2016 zoning rewrite.... read»
This Week's Find: A Custom, Compostable Capitol Hill Alley House
Nena Perry-Brown | December 4th 2019
This Week's Find is a DC home expected to exceed net-zero energy standards.... read»
An Alley-Stable-to-Single Family House Conversion on Capitol Hill
Nena Perry-Brown | May 3rd 2019
A recently-filed application seeks to convert a former 19th-century Capitol Hill stable into a single-family house.... read»
The Community that Became Sursum Corda in DC
Nena Perry-Brown | March 19th 2019
Last fall, UrbanTurf took a look at the interesting alley dwelling networks uncovered in a century-old survey conducted in the District. Now, we have ... read»
Where Have All the Alleys Gone?
Nena Perry-Brown | November 16th 2018
Today, UrbanTurf takes a look at a century-old survey of DC's habitable alleys to highlight some interesting ones that no longer exist.... read»
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