Posts from October 2012
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Closed pools, communication snafus dismay children
Sometimes a public pool or other facility just can’t be open when everyone hopes, but when the DC Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) isn’t able to keep its website and voicemail up to date, sudden changes leave children crying and parents frustrated. OnLabor Day weekend Saturday, September 8, I told my 3-year-old that we would go swim together at Wilson Pool… Keep reading…
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Greenbelt sector plan defeats its own walkability goals
What do you get if a planner writes the first part of a plan, and then a highway engineer writes the second part without bothering to read the first? You get something that looks like the preliminary draft of the Greenbelt Metro/193 Sector Plan. Whether the two parts have disparate authors who consulted or not, the result is a contradictory plan. The plan, from the Prince George’s… Keep reading…
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Could Vancouver’s ferries work in the Anacostia?
A fleet of tiny ferries zigzags back and forth between neighborhoods and major tourist attractions on both sides of Vancouver’s False Creek. Could the same work on the Anacostia River, connecting sites on Buzzard Point, Near Southeast, Poplar Point and Anacostia Park? When visiting Vancouver a few years ago, Greater Greater Wife and I took a hop on-hop off bus tour. When… Keep reading…
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Georgetown eyes satellite campus at White Oak
Georgetown University needs space to grow. Montgomery County needs a university to anchor a research and development center they want to create in White Oak. There’s a college campus for sale in the neighborhood that can satisfy them both. Jonathan O’Connell reports that Georgetown is interested in buying the National Labor College, a 47-acre campus at New Hampshire… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Long time coming
Autoload for all; Good parking minimums; Ecodistrict starting already?; Unmarked crosswalks get noticed; Subdue the subsidy; Bike sharing for all, but not in Denver; Development in the developing world; And…. Keep reading…