Posts tagged 14th Street
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DC moving with record speed to change 14th and U restaurant limits, accepts resident recommendations
The DC Zoning Commission is usually a very slow-moving body. Hearings can take months just to schedule, and rezonings can take years. But the machinery has sprung into rapid action to address the outrage over DCRA’s recent determination that no more restaurants can open along 14th and U Streets in the ARTS overlay. DCRA’s ruling just enforces the current, yet arguably… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big links on big stories
RIP Constance Holden; Outcry smashing ARTS overlay cap; Gaithersbargain wins straw poll; Not all Loudoun roads need to be 8 lanes; Pulitzer for distracted driving reporting; And…; Development dispatches. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bringing in business
No new restaurants?; A fake small town for your office; Chevy Chase against something; O’Malley fights to preserve MTA, not WMATA; VDOT drops “pave the preserve” plan; VA maps bikes; Meet the ambassador; Dots from DDOT?. Keep reading…
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This year, let’s have a great Summer Streets
Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to think about the summer. New York’s Summer Streets program closed down 5 miles of Park Avenue on three consecutive August Saturdays and met with resounding success. DC should follow suit this summer with a similar program on a similarly important north-south route: 14th Street. Summer Streets brought tens of thousands of walkers,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On a mission
$18M for snow, $1B for railcars; Shovel in Deanwood; Real estate mission delayed; Hoboken fixing parking by improving other modes; LaHood is reading!; No more Lincoln Memorial (or trolley car). Keep reading…
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Scenes of Washington: Snowball fight!
A giant snowball fight broke out yesterday at 14th and U, and M. V. Jantzen was on hand to capture the fun. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Take it away
PG policy: No ped safety unless there are more peds; Leasebacks still squeezing cities; That would be enough bike infrastructure; Coming soon to DC neighborhoods; Chat with Gabe Klein; On two coasts; Rule 1, don’t hit other trains. Keep reading…
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Chapin Street rezoning requested for affordable housing
The owner of the vacant lot at 1412 Chapin St, NW has asked the Zoning Commission to rezone the property for a five-story, 44-unit affordable apartment building because existing zoning forbids one the same size as its neighbors or the one that burned down on that spot in 1996. In addition to the 10% of units under inculsionary zoning that have to go to households making 50-80% of the… Keep reading…
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Block the lane moving out, block the lane moving in
Someone moved out of an apartment near the corner of 17th and Q, NW last week, and their moving van blocked the bike lane. And then, a week later, someone moved in, and their van blocked it too. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Using asphalt for green activities
Park(ing) on 14th and around the world; Fresh food good, traffic bad; This time around, respect for ghost bikes; Tysons sprawl plan also neglects bikes; Rail in southern Prince George’s?; Living in a theme park; Pushing for openness in NY. Keep reading…