Posts about District of Columbia
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Breakfast links: Go for safety
Safety fixes approved; Bus thief made a convincing driver; Hot and on the wrong track; East Falls Church accepted; Riemer only endorsed challenger; Parking czar?; ARTful improvements; Public street, no photography. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: Big new parking
It’s still complex; Manhattan’s own DC USA; Automated garages; Bus “driver” arrested; BRT not so rapid; Which Gov’s better for schools?; Making crossing worse for safety. Keep reading…
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Floating in the Flickr pool
Here are a few of our favorites from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool this week. Keep reading…
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They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
While parking lots are on the wane in some parts of town, that’s not the case everywhere. Houses in Truxton Circle have been torn down at a notable rate recently, and some of those have simply been turned into expanses of asphalt to house cars instead of people. Parking lots draw the ire of many who live in DC. They’re not the best use for limited city land and they’re… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trees and tickets
Save your trees; Business cuts tree; DC leaders and traffic infractions; Kwame in the hole; Remembering Swanson’s death and inaction; Your house in an 8-bit video game; And…. Keep reading…
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Then and Now: Minute Service Station No. 1
As the area north of Farragut Square transitioned away from its residential roots the area built up and changed quickly. The northwest corner of 17th and L Streets, NW, gives an indication of the speed of that change. The historic image above shows the site in early 1922. The filling station under construction was designed by R.F. Beresford for the Washington Accessories Co. Keep reading…
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DC rejected for Urban Circulator streetcar grant
The Federal Transit Administration has selected 53 winners for transit grants, including the Urban Circulator which DC was hoping to get to extend the H Street streetcar across the Anacostia to Benning Road. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot trains
MARC heating up; Swing through BART; And…; Purple single tracking not dead?; Favoring taxes; A walkable crossroads; CaBi locations and colors; It’s complex. Keep reading…
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Is a Barney Circle historic district a good idea?
The proposed Barney Circle historic district has stirred up a number of negative responses. Is it really a bad idea? Earlier, Lynda wrote about how many residents of Barney Circle feel they haven’t been adequately part of the discussion around the historic district, and that many leading the push actually live in the adjacent Capitol Hill area. DCmud scoffed at the requirements… Keep reading…