Posts by Joanne Tang — Editorial Board
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Can we develop communities for the people who already live in them?
Income inequality, gentrification, and neighborhoods changing in a short period of time — put them all together and the question is “who is left behind?” How can change happen in a city without displacing people? On October 3rd, HBO aired Class Divide, a documentary that provided a look into gentrification’s effects on one neighborhood in New York City. The film examines… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Less money, more problems
Poverty rising in the east; Service cut snapshots; DC workers left behind; Circulator buses safer; Arlington acts on Airbnb; Keeping housing affordable; SelectPass success; Teen riders speak; Derailment in Hoboken; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro screaming, Metro silence
You make me wanna shout; Speak up, Metro; Make way for museum; Contractor controversy; Toning down the Confederacy; Cute little problems; New home for bookworms; Walking in the rain; Point taken (literally); No permits for pop-up stands. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcar on Sundays
Streetcar daily and more frequent; White is the new Orange; When the train stops talking; Poverty grows in DC; Keep that suburban vibe?; Pricey fix for Potomac sewage; Homeless camps kicked out; September surge; DC history on display; And…. Keep reading…
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For a day, we’re getting a bunch of tiny new parks
Tomorrow, September 16th, is Park(ing) Day! Park(ing) Day is an annual, international event where people turn parking spaces into miniature parks for a day, prompting impromptu public gatherings and calling attention to our need for more open spaces. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unfair alquiler
Weasel around rent control; Little levees for Metro; It’s not just Metro’s closing time; More green for the Greenway; Making the grade by opting out; Haven for homeless youth; A Brompton is not a bike; Race in rentals; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tenant v landlord
Landlords get around rent control; TOPA gone too far?; The sky is falling; Realtime tracking for Loudoun’s commuter buses; Fewer Metro riders in Virginia; No teens alone at the mall; Billboard bullies?; More carpool competition. Keep reading…
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Does DC want boring architecture? Sort of.
DC has a lot of boring architecture, and that’s no mistake; a cheap federal government and a bevy of paper pushers keep the District that way. At least that’s what a few experts on architecture and development in DC had to say at a panel last week. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Monumental takes on our monuments
Not your father’s Mall; Confederate memorials hostile or history?; Washington Monument still shook up; New chief, familiar face; Silver Spring is for artists; Uber raises prices; Buzz for stadium; More housing or fewer jobs?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: From a squad car to the gridiron
Goodbye, Chief; Changes to SafeTrack plans; No shelter (end) in sight; Home values are on the up; Thank this man for our parks; Shipping the freight fantastic; Enraged by E. coli; New leader in Fairfax; No power on L Street; And…. Keep reading…