Video: Larry Beasley Talks Building Height

Larry Beasley Talks Building Height

Urban planning expert Larry Beasley talks about building heights in Washington, DC. Recorded in conjunction with his appearance in the 2010 NCPC Speaker Series.

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About NCPC

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Planning Washington: Capital & Community One Night, 100 Years NCPC 2014 Year in Review National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 4, 2014 Live Video Chat with Tommy Wells CityVision
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NCPC's Planning Authorities Driving Sustainability and Health through the Built Environment Interventions Going Green in London Spatial Layout Efficiency with Tim Stonor Ana Gelabert-Sanchez on Miami 21 Leveraging Development to Improve Public Transportation
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Commemoration

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Memorial Trends and Practice in Washington, DC Live Video Chat: The AIDS Memorial Quilt Beyond Granite: The AIDS Memorial Quilt Thomas Jefferson Memorial - Perimeter Security Washington as Commemoration Study Eisenhower Memorial Design Concepts
Visiting Lesser Known Memorials DC War Memorial Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Perimeter Security Eisenhower Memorial Information Presentation Temporary Commemoration A Visual History of the National Mall

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Commission Meetings

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National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 4, 2025 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, July 10, 2025 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, June 5, 2025 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, May 1, 2025 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, April 3, 2025 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, March 6, 2025
National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, February 6, 2025 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, December 5, 2024 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, November 7, 2024 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, October 3, 2024 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 5, 2024 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, July 11, 2024
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National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, December 7, 2023 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, November 2, 2023 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, October 5, 2023 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 7, 2023 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, July 6, 2023 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, June 1, 2023
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National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, November 4, 2021 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, October 7, 2021 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 2, 2021 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, July 1, 2021 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, June 3, 2021 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Online Meeting, May 6, 2021
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National Capital Planning Commission, Special Online Meeting, April 29, 2020 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, March 5, 2020 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, February 6, 2020 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, January 9, 2020 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) December 5, 2019 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, November 7, 2019
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National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, January 4, 2018 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, December 7, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, November 2, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, October 5, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 7, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, July 13, 2017
National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, June 1, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, May 4, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, April 6, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, March 2, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, February 2, 2017 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, January 5, 2017
National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, December 1, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, November 3, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, October 6, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 8, 2016 A Kennedy Center Expansion brief from the July 2016 meeting National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, July 7, 2016
National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, June 2, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, May 5, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, April 7, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, March 3, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, February 4, 2016 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, January 7, 2016
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National Capital Planning Commission Meeting (USA) February 6, 2014 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, January 9, 2014 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, December 5, 2013 Height Master Plan for Washington, DC: Special Commission Meeting National Capital Planning Commission (USA) November 7, 2013 National Capital Planning Commission (USA) Meeting, September 12, 2013
Commission Meeting, July 11, 2013 Commission Meeting, June 6, 2013 Commission Meeting, May 2, 2013 Commission Meeting, April 4, 2013 Commission Meeting, March 7, 2013 Commission Meeting - February 7, 2013
Commission Meeting - January 10, 2013 Memorial Trends and Practice in Washington, DC Commission Meeting - November 1, 2012 National Mall Design Presentations Commission Meeting - October 4, 2012 Commission Meeting - September 6, 2012
Commission Meeting - July 12, 2012 SW Ecodistrict Commission Presentation Commission Meeting - June 7, 2012 Commission Meeting - May 3, 2012 Thomas Jefferson Memorial - Perimeter Security Southwest Waterfront Revitalization
Eisenhower Memorial Design Concepts April 5, 2012 Commission Meeting General Services Administration Building Modernization May 5, 2011 Commission Meeting June 2, 2011 Commission Meeting The Mary E. Switzer Building
July 7, 2011 Commission Meeting September 1, 2011 Commission Meeting October 6, 2011 Commission Meeting December 1, 2011 Commission Meeting January 5, 2012 Commission Meeting February 2, 2012 Commission Meeting
March 1, 2012 Commission Meeting Turf Replacement on the National Mall Bikeshare on the National Mall National Museum of African American History and Culture National Mall Plan Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Perimeter Security
Eisenhower Memorial Information Presentation Hirshhorn Seasonal Pavilion Washington Monument Screening Facility GSA Headquarters Explores Adding Ground Floor Retail November 3, 2011 Commission Meeting

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Comprehensive Plan

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Comprehensive Plan and Submission Guidelines Updates NCPC Open House: Draft Federal Workplace Element Presentation Foreign Missions Public Meeting Submit Comments on NCPC's Urban Design Element Policies Public Forum: Comprehending the Comp Plan - Environment Element

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Parks & Open Space

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Little Falls Parkway Improvements Public Scoping Meeting Turf Replacement on the National Mall National China Garden Public Meeting National Mall Design Presentations A Conversation with the National Mall Design Competition Winners CapitalSpace: The Transformation of Burke Park
The Mary E. Switzer Building President's Park South Design Competition Showcase Turf Replacement on the National Mall National Mall Plan CapitalSpace: Transforming Small Parks CapitalSpace: Improving Schoolyards
CapitalSpace: Linking the Fort Circle Parks Activating Federal Spaces ASLA Legacy Project: Coolidge High School (r)Evolutionary Parks A Visual History of the National Mall Q&A with Walter Hood

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Plans & Studies

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Little Falls Parkway Improvements Public Scoping Meeting Monumental Core Small-Scale Streetscape Public Meeting May 9, 2023 A New Vision for Pennsylvania Avenue, Public Meeting, April 13, 2022 Draft Monumental Core Streetscape Design Guidelines Public Meeting (with Q&A) America's Civic Stage Panel Discussion: Highlights America*s Civic Stage: A Vision to Celebrate Pennsylvania Avenue
Monumental Core Streetscape Framework & Lighting Policy Public Meeting Carnegie Library Rehabilitation Section 106 Consultation Meeting September 7, 2016: Square Guidelines for the J. Edgar Hoover (FBI) building site Cleaning a Legacy Pennsylvania Avenue Information Presentation Pennsylvania Avenue Initiative promo
Height Master Plan Phase I Summary HeighteneDConversations Live Chat HeighteneDConversations: Impacts of Building Heights on Capital Cities CapitalSpace: The Transformation of Burke Park Framework Plan Overview Larry Beasley Talks Building Height
Q & A Introduction and Opening Remarks Jim Ashe Skip Vaughn David Samec Jane Passman
Randall Behm and Stacey Underwood Floodproofing in the Federal Triangle Turf Replacement on the National Mall Monumental Core Framework Plan 10th Street Corridor Task Force National Mall Plan
The Mall Levee CapitalSpace: Transforming Small Parks CapitalSpace: Improving Schoolyards Updating the Comprehensive Plan

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Regional Planning

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Feds and the City: Ideas Shaping the Nation's Capital HeighteneDConversations, Live Chat with David Alpert Closing Remarks Christian Johannsson Terry Holzheimer Harriet Tregoning
Barry Johnson Welcome and Introduction Planning for the Region Redeveloping Saint Elizabeths Art Rogers on Regional Housing and Transportation Affordability

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Security

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Open to the Public: What's the Big Deal with a Little Security? Open to the Public: Rethinking Security & Access in Public Space The Mary E. Switzer Building President's Park South Design Competition Showcase President's Park South Design Competition Winner The Evolving Approach to Security
President's Park South Design Competition Showcase Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Perimeter Security Washington Monument Screening Facility Alan Ward Tom Vonier Brian Michael Jenkins
Introduction and Opening Remarks

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Speaker Series

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"In America: Remember." with Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg America*s Civic Stage: A Vision to Celebrate Pennsylvania Avenue Open to the Public: What's the Big Deal with a Little Security? Spectacle! a closer look Modernist Landscapes Reconsidered A glimpse at the Memorials for the Future event
Memorials for the Future An Evening with Patricia Brown: Achieving Positive Change in London A Capital City Conversation: Canberra A Capital City Conversation: Ottawa Preview A Capital City Conversation: Ottawa NCPC Speaker Series: Nature in the City \| The City in Nature
Beyond the Box: Washington’s Mid-Rise Architecture Washington's Civil War Forts and Parks 50 seconds of Penn Avenue highlights Residents to Presidents: Pennsylvania Ave's Role in the 21st Century Talk Vs Action: Making Your Opinion Count Talk Vs. Action Promo: April 9, 2014
Planning Law and Order: Legal Issues and Trends in the National Capital Area Shock, Surprise, and Tantalize: Helen Marriage Takes on the Public Realm HeighteneDConversations: Impacts of Building Heights on Capital Cities Sustainable Installation Planning Panel Discussion SW Ecodistrict
University of DC Walter Reed Sustainability Plan DowntownDC ecoDistrict Arlington Community Energy Plan Introduction Larry Beasley Talks Building Height
Agents of Change: Local Perspectives on Federal Design Closing Remarks Christian Johannsson Terry Holzheimer Harriet Tregoning Barry Johnson
Welcome and Introduction Part Three Part Two Part One Panel Discussion Anne H. Adams
Suman Sorg Cherilyn Widell Welcome and Introductions Q & A Presentation Welcome and Introductions
A Peak At Progress: Federal Sustainability One Year Later Temporary Commemoration Redeveloping Saint Elizabeths Re-Routing the Blue Line Bus Priority in Washington DC (r)Evolutionary Parks

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Sustainability

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SW Ecodistrict Commission Presentation Public Forum: Comprehending the Comp Plan - Environment Element Sustainable Installation Planning Panel Discussion SW Ecodistrict University of DC
Walter Reed Sustainability Plan DowntownDC ecoDistrict Arlington Community Energy Plan Introduction Q & A Presentations
Introduction and Opening Remarks 10th Street Corridor Task Force NCPC on Sustainability A Peak At Progress: Federal Sustainability One Year Later ASLA Legacy Project: Coolidge High School

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SW Ecodistrict

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A Vision Plan for a More Sustainable SW 10th Street, SW & Banneker Connection Design Concepts SW Ecodistrict Commission Presentation 10th Street Public Scoping Meeting A Walk Down 10th Street Southwest Waterfront Revitalization
10th Street SW Today Maryland Avenue Today Panel Discussion SW Ecodistrict University of DC Walter Reed Sustainability Plan
DowntownDC ecoDistrict Arlington Community Energy Plan Introduction Q & A Presentations Introduction and Opening Remarks
10th Street Corridor Task Force

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Transportation

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Leveraging Development to Improve Public Transportation Happier, Healthier, Sexier, and Smarter: Transportation and the Secret of Life Bikeshare on the National Mall Re-Routing the Blue Line Bus Priority in Washington DC Art Rogers on Regional Housing and Transportation Affordability

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Urban Design

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America*s Civic Stage: A Vision to Celebrate Pennsylvania Avenue FBI Square Guidelines public presentation and comments April 28, 2016 FBI Building: Square Guidelines Presentation Information Presentation: Urban Design Element HeighteneDConversations Live Chat HeighteneDConversations: Impacts of Building Heights on Capital Cities
Submit Comments on NCPC's Urban Design Element Policies Sustainable Installation Planning A Conversation with the National Mall Design Competition Winners Agents of Change: Local Perspectives on Federal Design General Services Administration Building Modernization Understanding Urban Design and Plan Review
Panel Discussion Anne H. Adams Suman Sorg Cherilyn Widell Welcome and Introductions President's Park South Design Competition Showcase
President's Park South Design Competition Winner President's Park South Design Competition Showcase The Height Act GSA Headquarters Explores Adding Ground Floor Retail Activating Federal Spaces (r)Evolutionary Parks
A Visual History of the National Mall Ana Gelabert-Sanchez on Miami 21 Q&A with Walter Hood

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