Posts from May 2016
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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…
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Metro doesn’t have four tracks. That’s not why maintenance is a problem.
A common canard about Metro is that having two tracks instead of the four of many New York subway lines is a major flaw. This is largely false. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Step up
Stood up by Walmart, again; Potomac Yard overhaul; MVP MBT; Plaza plans too big?; Planning pick in Montgomery; Metro couture; Building blocks for success; Rural recovery; And…. Keep reading…
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Building of the Week: Smithsonian American Art Museum and Kogod Courtyard
The exterior of the Smithsonian American Art Museum embodies cornerstones of DC architecture: Greek Revival, historic, and massive. Cynics might even call it forgettable and ubiquitous. The building’s history, along with a new interior courtyard, defy those labels, helping it live up to Walt Whitman’s claim that this is the “noblest of Washington buildings.”… Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Join us for happy hour!
Join fellow readers and contributors at Greater Greater Washington’s happy hour on Thursday! Also, hear about the region’s housing shortage, learn about adding HOV lanes to I-66, and share your thoughts on plans for trails in Prince George’s and Fairfax Counties. GGWash happy hour: Hang out with fellow urban planning, transit, and housing enthusiasts… Keep reading…
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Check out these ideas for the new Third Street park in NoMa
A new park is set to go up in NoMa, at 3rd and L Streets NE, and the NoMa Parks Foundation recently unveiled three potential designs. Each has a dog park and an area for small children, including a unique jungle gym-like structure to increase play space in the small park. Keep reading…
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Montgomery County will build bus rapid transit in four years
After nearly a decade of debate, Montgomery County wants to build a bus rapid transit line in four years, for 20% of the originally estimated cost. While it’ll be a better bus service, it may not be so rapid. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: You’re fired
WMATA management shakeup; SafeTrack’s low-income impact; SafeTrack prep; Mixed-use for Herndon; Changes for Bethesda, too; Hotel supply and demand; More real estate sticker shock; Language shift is no accident; And…. Keep reading…
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Worldwide links: California’s crisis cause
According to California’s governor, his state’s housing problem isn’t that it’s not spending enough on affordable housing, but rather that it’s way too hard to get a building permit. China is building lots of subway systems, and Jane Jacobs may not have paid enough attention to infrastructure. Check out what’s happening around the world… Keep reading…
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There be dragons in the Flickr pool
Here are our favorite new images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool, showcasing the best and worst of the Washington region. Keep reading…