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Best Of 2014
Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Best Of 2014, from most recent to least.
The Biggest Loser of 2014: The Streetcar
Lark Turner | December 18th 2014 | 1 Comment
Nixed in Arlington County, de-funded in much of DC and still not carrying passengers on H Street. ... read »
The Boldest Re-use For an Office Building: The WeWork Residences
UrbanTurf Staff | December 17th 2014
The communal office developer joined forces with Vornado for an intriguing first foray into residential real estate. ... read »
The Best Design Coming in 2015: Atlantic Plumbing
Lark Turner | December 17th 2014 | 2 Comments
Morris Adjmi, the New York-based architect on the condo and apartment project, talked to UrbanTurf about his vision for the two properties. ... read »
The Best Live-Work Space: A Loft in Truxton Circle
Lark Turner | December 16th 2014
Lisa Marie Thalhammer lives in DC's coolest live-work artist loft. ... read »
The Boldest Concept of 2014: Furnished Micro Units
Lark Turner | December 16th 2014 | 2 Comments
If developer SB-Urban gets its way — and it usually does — DC will soon be seeing a lot more short-term, furnished micro-units. ... read »
The Best Home For the Straightedge Fan: Where Minor Threat Played Its First Show
Lark Turner | December 16th 2014
The Calvert Street home that sold earlier this year boasted a special kind of DC-centric musical significance. ... read »
Most Hyped Arrival That Is Years From Happening: Eataly
UrbanTurf Staff | December 15th 2014
UrbanTurf learned in April that the massive Italian emporium had set its sights on one particular place in DC. Now the question is when will it show... read »
The Best Bet in 2014: You Paid Above Asking
Lark Turner | December 15th 2014 | 1 Comment
The result of the climate of fierce competition in the city's housing market this year meant that if you really wanted a home, you probably paid... read »
The Best Listing of 2014 (for the Mere Mortal)
Lark Turner | December 15th 2014
What was once a sledgehammer foundry on Capitol Hill is our favorite (reasonably-priced) listing of the year. ... read »
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The development train continues to slowly chug along in Tenleytown and along the Wisc... read »
The new mixed-use development would be a sister building to Union Market itself.... read »
The Reservoir redevelopment saga continues.... read »
The site of the former Medhane Alem Eritrean Church will become a multi-unit building... read »
These neighborhoods have less than a month's supply of homes for sale.... read »
- A Ladybird, A Wegmans and A Dancing Crab: The Tenleytown and AU Park Rundown
- Edens Plans a New 300-Unit Building at Union Market
- McMillan Reservoir Redevelopment Team Requests Time Extension
- Residential Development Proposed for Site of Bloomingdale Church
- The 5 DC Neighborhoods With Less Than a Month's Supply of Homes For Sale
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First-Timer Primers
Intro guides for first-time home buyers
Northern Virginia
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods across Northern Virginia
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Ballston
Looking to Give People A Reason to Stay Past 6pm
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Clarendon
Happily Straddling the Line Between City and Suburb
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Columbia Pike
Arlington’s Neglected Stepchild is Getting a Makeover
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Crystal City
Turning Lemons into Lemonade
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Lyon Village
Developing An Air of Exclusivity?
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Rosslyn
Hitting Its Growth Spurt
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Shirlington
An Urban Village Hitting Its Stride
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Del Ray
Virginia’s Small Town Near the Big City
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Eisenhower Avenue
The Vibrancy Might Take a Few Years
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Huntington
The Quiet Neighborhood By the Beltway
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Old Town
Mayberry By The Potomac
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Parkfairfax
132 Commerical-Free Acres
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Downtown Falls Church
Staying the Same in the Midst of Change
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Tysons Corner
Radical Change Could Be On The Way
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Maryland
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods in suburban Maryland
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Annapolis
Small-Town Living in the State Capital
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Bethesda
Bedroom Community Gets Buzzing Cache
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Cabin John
In With The New While Maintaining the Old
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Chevy Chase
Affluence, Green Lawns and Pricey Homes
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Downtown Silver Spring
Experiencing a Resurgence After a Bumpy History
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Potomac
A Suburb on Steroids
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Rockville Town Square
Despite the Dynamism, Still Somewhat Generic
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Takoma Park
More Than a Little Bit Quirky
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Wheaton
A Foodie Magnet on the Verge of Change
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Capitol Heights
Kudzu, Front Porches and Crime
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Hyattsville
Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
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Mount Rainier
Artists, Affordable Homes and A Silo Full of Corn
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National Harbor
A Development Rises Next to the Potomac
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Riverdale Park
A Town Looking For Its Identity
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Northwest DC
30+ neighborhood profiles for the city's biggest quadrant
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16th Street Heights
DC's Sleeper Neighborhood
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Bloomingdale
Where (Almost) Everyone Knows Your Name
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AU Park
One of DC’s Last Frontiers Before the Suburbs
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Brightwood
DC’s Northern Neighborhood on the Cusp
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Burleith
DC’s 535 House Neighborhood
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Cathedral Heights
Do You Know Where That Is?
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Chevy Chase DC
Not to Be Confused With the Other Chevy Chase
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Cleveland Park
Coming Back After A Rough Year
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Columbia Heights
DC’s Most Diverse Neighborhood, But For How Long?
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Crestwood
An Island of Serenity East of the Park
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Dupont Circle
The Best of DC (For a Price)
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Foggy Bottom & West End
Where the Institutional Meets the International
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Forest Hills
Ambassadors and Adventurous Architecture
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Foxhall Village
350 Homes Just West of Georgetown
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Friendship Heights
A Shopping Mecca With a Few Places to Live
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Georgetown
History, Hoyas and H&M
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Glover Park
One of DC’s Preppier and More Family-Friendly Neighborhoods
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Kalorama
A Posh View From Embassy Row
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LeDroit Park
A Quiet Enclave in the Middle of the City
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Logan Circle
Trendy Now, But Not By Accident
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Mount Pleasant
Sought-After Homes Surround Main Street in Transition
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Mount Vernon Triangle
From Seedy to Sought-After
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Palisades
The Long, Skinny Neighborhood at the City’s Northwest Edge
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Park View
It’s Not Petworth
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Penn Quarter/Chinatown
DC’s Go-Go-Go Neighborhood
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Petworth
Getting a Vibrancy of Its Own
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Shaw
The Duke’s Former Stomping Ground
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Shepherd Park
DC’s Garden of Diversity
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Spring Valley
A Suburb With a DC Zip Code
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Takoma
Not To Be Confused With Takoma Park
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Tenleytown
Not Quite Like Its Neighbors
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U Street Corridor
The Difference a Decade Makes
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Woodley Park
Deceptively Residential
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Adams Morgan
No Longer DC’s Hippest Neighborhood, But Still Loved by Residents
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Southwest DC
The little quadrant that could
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Southwest Waterfront
A Neighborhood Where A Change Is Gonna Come
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Northeast DC
Profiles of 10 neighborhoods in NE
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Brookland
New Development Could Shake Up Pastoral Peace
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Deanwood
A Little Bit of Country Just Inside the District’s Borders
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Eckington
Not to Be Confused With Bloomingdale
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Fort Totten
Five Years Could Make a Big Difference
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H Street
A Place To Party, and To Settle Down
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Langdon
The Northeast Neighborhood That Few Know About
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Michigan Park
A Newsletter-On-Your-Doorstep Community
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NoMa
Evolving from a Brand to a Neighborhood
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Rosedale
Ripe for Investment Right About Now
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Trinidad
The Difference 5 Years Makes
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Woodridge
Big Houses, A Dusty Commercial Strip and Potential
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Southeast DC
6 neighborhoods from Capitol Hill to East of the River
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Capitol Riverfront
Still Growing
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Hill East
Capitol Hill’s Lesser Known Neighbor
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Congress Heights
Gradually Rising
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Hillcrest
Notable for Its Neighborliness
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Historic Anacostia
Future Promise Breeds Cautious Optimism
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Eastern Market
A More European Way of Living
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Off the Beaten Turf
Overlooked parks, shops, cafes, and miscellany throughout DC
Unique Spaces
Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro
