As you may or may not have heard, Urban Scrawl is shutting down. I won’t bore you with the details (we’re rebranding as a Russian troll farm to get some of that sweet, sweet Super PAC money for the midterms), but in this moment I’m keeping in mind the famous saying by Dr. Seuss: “Don’t be sad that it’s over, be glad that you averaged 30K unique pageviews per month!” (Looking to hire a writer? Call me.) (But not until I’ve exhausted all my unemployment checks.) … OUR MOST POPULAR POSTS OF ALL TIME!
The term “planned community” is a little like the terms “arranged marriage” or “vintage style” – when people hear them, they tend to recoil. Maybe there’s something discomfiting about the idea that something as organic as a community – or a marriage, or a cool old shirt – could be created intentionally. And yet, planned communities have a pretty good track record. LeDroit Park, one of the District’s most coveted and beloved neighborhoods, was a planned community. 