Posts by Matt Johnson — Editorial Board Alum
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Today
In the last 72 hours, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed by police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Minneapolis a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota, and then a sniper killed five police officers in Dallas. These tragic deaths, on the heels of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando last month, have left us reeling. At its core, Greater Greater Washington is about… Keep reading…
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Here’s why DC’s streets have the names they do
Earlier this month, we looked at Arlington’s street naming system. There might be even more ingenuity behind the way the District’s streets are named. Washington is partially a planned city. The area north of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and south of Florida Avenue (originally Boundary Street) is known as the L’Enfant City. This area of Washington was… Keep reading…
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Here are the answers to whichWMATA week 86
On Tuesday, we posted our eighty-sixth challenge to see how well you knew Metro. I took photos of five Metro stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do? This week we got 31 guesses. Fifteen got all five right. Great work, Alex C, Solomon, dpod, Peter K, JamesDCane, J-Train-21, Steven Yates, Chris H, Stephen C, Patrick, skildpadde, DavidDuck, R2-JL, We Will Crush Peter K,… Keep reading…
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What if Metro had stopped building in 1986?
In 1986, a report from the Federal City Council warned that Metro needed to focus on keeping the system in good repair rather than expansion. Metro didn’t listen, but what if it had? What would the system look like if building had stopped then? Keep reading…
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Think you know Metro? It’s whichWMATA week 86
It’s time for the eighty-sixth installment of our weekly “whichWMATA” series! Below are photos of five stations in the Metro system. Can you identify each from its picture? Keep reading…
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Here are the answers to whichWMATA week 85
On Tuesday, we posted our eighty-fifth challenge to see how well you knew Metro. I took photos of five Metro stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do? This week, we got 26 guesses. Fifteen got all five. Great work, Patrick, JamesDCane, Peter K, AlexC, J-Train-21, Jacob G, robwd21, Solomon, dpod, Justin…., Dillon the Pickle, Stephen C, Andy L, David Duck,… Keep reading…
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Here’s why Arlington’s streets have the names they do
Did you know there’s a rhyme and reason to how Arlington County’s streets are named? Here’s an explanation of Arlington’s street-naming system. While Arlington was originally part of the District of Columbia (until 1846), it was not incorporated in the plan of Pierre L’Enfant. Unlike its larger neighbor, Arlington’s streets… Keep reading…
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Think you know Metro? It’s whichWMATA week 85
It’s time for the eighty-fifth installment of our weekly “whichWMATA” series! Below are photos of five stations in the Metro system. Can you identify each from its picture? Keep reading…
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Here are the answers to whichWMATA week 84
On Tuesday, we posted our eighty-fourth challenge to see how well you knew Metro. I took photos of five Metro stations. Here are the answers. How well did you do? This week, we got 29 guesses. Twenty of you got all five. Great work to the winners! Keep reading…
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Think you know Metro? It’s whichWMATA week 84
It’s time for the eighty-fourth installment of our weekly “whichWMATA” series! Below are photos of five stations in the Metro system. Can you identify each from its picture? Keep reading…