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Exploring the New Washington, DC: Edge Urbanism in Edgewood/Brookland

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments brookland, catholic university of america, CUA, dc metro, district of columbia, ebike, eckington, edgewood, electric scooter, forman mills, fort totten, Gentrification, lime, northeast dc, periurban, red line, redeveloping surface parking, redevelopment, rhode island avenue, rock creek, rowhouse, silver spring, streetscaping, supermarket sushi, surface parking, takoma, townhouse, walkable, wardman, wardman rowhouse, washington, Washington DC, washington gas and light

Walking, biking, scootering around northeast DC for a couple of weeks, thinking about the past, present, and future of the neighborhood.

Urban Planning Transit infrastructure

COVID Didn’t Close Roads. Why Is So Much Transit Still Shut Down?

May 13, 2021May 11, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments covid, COVID and transit, COVID safety and transit, COVID19, covid19 diaries, DC, dc metro, is transit safe during COVID, public health, transit, transit safety, washington, Washington DC, wmata

Transit in DC was good! Not great, but good! Buses? A+. Metro? Well, it was a mixed bag.

Education

Mr. Zorach Goes To Washington: American University Graduation

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2U, american university, american university kogod school of business, education, MBA, online MBA, university, washington, Washington DC

Nat visits American University for his MBA graduation ceremony in Washington, DC. Onward to bigger things.

Adaptation & Resilience Environment

Shrink a Yard, Grow a Beach: Housing on Feeder Bluffs

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Vishva Nalamalapu 0 Comments beach, beaches, bluff armoring, bluffs, british columbia, climate adaptation, climate resilience, coastal armoring, coastal erosion, cordilleran glacial retreat, cordilleran ice sheet, dungeness, dungeness spit, ediz hook, elwha bluffs, erosion, feeder bluffs, juan de fuca, land erosion, port angeles, puget sound, sequim, soil erosion, strait of juan de fuca, victoria, washington, washington state

One day, a resident of Port Angeles, Washington could swing in a hammock in his backyard and look out over

Environment Infrastructure Ecology

Rivers and Roads (and the World’s Largest Dam Removal)

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Vishva Nalamalapu 0 Comments clallam county, coast salish, dam removal, elwha, elwha river, elwha river dam, glines canyon, glines canyon dam, jefferson county, lake aldwell, lake mills, lower elwha klallam tribe, olympic peninsula, pacific northwest, salish sea, strait of juan de fuca, washington, washington state

In the Olympic Peninsula, dam removals on the Elwha River and resulting road washouts lead us to question the compatibility of changing ecosystems and unchanging infrastructure.

Politics Movements & Organizing

Yesterday Proves That Americans Value The State More Than The People

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2020 Election, 2020 elections, black lives matter, Capitol Insurrection, civil disobedience, civil unrest, Congress, DC, detroit police, detroit will breathe, domestic terrorism, Election 2020, mike pence, protest, protest movements, sedition, terrorism, treason, trump administration, trump supporters storm capitol, US Capitol Building, US Congress, washington, Washington DC

That the President rallied his supporters to commit a violent act of sedition and insurrection was apparently a bridge too far even for most of his staunchest supporters. What’s a bit less clear is the nostalgic affinity for the US Capitol as a metaphor, given how this administration had already gleefully shredded so many strong and respected American traditions before yesterday.