Modeling Index
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Approach 1: No height increase 1A: Maintain the existing Height Act 1B: Allow penthouse occupancy (with or without setback) | ![]() | Approach 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height | |
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Approach 3: Raise the height limit in selected areas 3A: The L'Enfant City 3B: The Topographic Bowl outside the L'Enfant City 3C: Illustrative clusters | ![]() | Approach 4: Raise the height limit citywide | |
USEFUL DEFINITIONS
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Location | Type | Approach/Description |
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Shadow Study | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
11th Street Bridge | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
11th Street Bridge | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
14th Street, NW | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
19th Street, NW (View north toward Dupont Circle) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
19th Street, NW (View south away from Dupont Circle) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Air Force Memorial | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Air Force Memorial | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Air Force Memorial | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L’Enfant City within Topographic Bowl |
Air Force Memorial | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Arlington Cemetery | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Arlington Cemetery | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L’Enfant City within Topographic Bowl |
Arlington Cemetery | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L'Enfant City |
Arlington Cemetery | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Buzzard Point (Skyline view from Frederick Douglass Bridge) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Buzzard Point (Skyline view from 11th Street Bridge) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Congress Heights (Aerial view from Walter Reed) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Congress Heights (Aerial view from North Capitol Street) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
F Street, NW (Looking east towards the National Portrait Gallery) | Shadow Study | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
F Street, NW (Looking west towards the Treasury Building) | Shadow Study | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
F Street, NW (Looking east towards the National Portrait Gallery) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
F Street, NW (Looking west towards the Treasury Building) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Farragut (Aerial view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Farragut (Aerial view from Meridian Hill Park) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Farragut (Skyline view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Farragut (Skyline view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Farragut (Skyline view from Meridian Hill Park) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Farragut (Skyline view from Jefferson Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Federal Center, SW (Aerial view from Meridian Hill Park) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Federal Center, SW (Aerial view from Arlington National Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Federal Center, SW (Skyline view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Federal Center, SW (Skyline view from Gravelly Point) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Federal Center, SW (Skyline view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Federal Center, SW (Aerial view from North Capitol Street) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Federal Center, SW (Aerial view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Florida Avenue Market (Aerial view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Florida Avenue Market (Aerial view from New York Avenue) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Florida Avenue Market (Aerial view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Florida Avenue Market (Aerial view from North Capitol Street) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Florida Avenue Market (Skyline view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Franklin Square (View west from 13th Street, NW) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Frederick Douglass Bridge | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Frederick Douglass Bridge | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Frederick Douglass House | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Frederick Douglass House | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L'Enfant City |
Frederick Douglass House | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L'Enfant City but within Topographic Bowl |
Frederick Douglass House | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Friendship Heights (Aerial view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Georgia Avenue, NW | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Georgia Avenue, NW | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L'Enfant City but within Topographic Bowl |
Gravelly Point | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Gravelly Point | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Intelsat (Aerial view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Jefferson Memorial | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Jefferson Memorial | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L'Enfant City but within Topographic Bowl |
Jefferson Memorial | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Jefferson Memorial | Skyline | 4: Change Height Cap City Wide |
K Street / 5th Street, NW (Aerial view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
K Street NW / 16th Street | Street | 1B: Allow Penthouse Occupancy |
L'Enfant Plaza (Aerial view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Aerial view from Meridian Hill Park) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Aerial view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Aerial view from North Capitol Street) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Aerial view from Lincoln Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Aerial view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Skyline view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Skyline view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Skyline view from Gravelly Point) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
L'Enfant Plaza (Skyline view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Lincoln Memorial | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Lincoln Memorial | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Lincoln Memorial | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L'Enfant City but within Topographic Bowl |
Lincoln Memorial | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
22nd Street / M Street , NW (Aerial view from Meridian Hill Park) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
22nd Street / M Street , NW (Skyline view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
22nd Street / M Street , NW (Skyline view from Meridian Hill Park) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
22nd Street / M Street , NW (Skyline view from Jefferson Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Maryland Avenue, NE | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Maryland Avenue, NE | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L'Enfant City within Topographic Bowl |
Maryland Avenue, NE | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Massachusetts Avenue (Looking east from 4th Street) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Massachusetts Avenue (Looking east from 11th Street) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Massachusetts Avenue (Looking east from New Jersey) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Massachusetts Avenue (Looking west to Dupont Circle) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Meridian Hill Park | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Meridian Hill Park | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L'Enfant City but within Topographic Bowl |
Meridian Hill Park | Skyline | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Meridian Hill Park | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
New York Avenue, NE | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
North Capitol Street | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
North Capitol Street | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
North Capitol Street (Looking south) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Armed Forces Retirement Home (Aerial view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Armed Forces Retirement Home (Aerial view from Walter Reed) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Armed Forces Retirement Home (Skyline view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Looking east to the US Capitol) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (Looking west to the Treasury Building) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Pennsylvania Avenue, SE | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Pennsylvania Avenue, SE | Skyline | 3B: Raise Height outside L’Enfant City within Topographic Bowl |
Poplar Point (View from Walter Reed) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Poplar Point (Aerial view from North Capitol Street) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Rhode Island Avenue, NE (Aerial view from Air Force Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Rhode Island Avenue, NE (Aerial view from New York Ave, NE) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Rhode Island Avenue, NE (Aerial view from Walter Reed) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Rhode Island Avenue, NE (Aerial view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Scott Circle (View east from 17th Street, NW) | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
South Capitol Street | Street | 1A: Maintain the existing Height Act |
Thomas Circle | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
US Capitol Building (View from west steps) | Skyline | 3A: Raise Height in L’Enfant City |
Walter Reed | Aerial | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Washington Circle | Street | 2: Reinforce the relationship between street width and building height |
Waterfront Station (Aerial view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Aerial view from North Capitol Street) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Aerial view from Lincoln Memorial) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Aerial view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Skyline view from Arlington Cemetery) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Skyline view from Gravelly Point) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Skyline view from Frederick Douglass Bridge) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Skyline view from 11th Street Bridge) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |
Waterfront Station (Skyline view from Frederick Douglass House) | Illustrative areas | 3C: Raise Height in Illustrative Clusters |