Posts tagged Anacostia
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Proposed Circulator will connect Ward 7 to the rest of DC
Earlier this month the District Department of Transportation released its plan to expand the Circulator. A group of residents has proposed a similar but slightly different route. Two of the proposed routes would connect Wards 7 and 8 with Barracks Row. These routes could help solve the problem of poor connectivity east of the river. The proposed Eastern Market-Minnesota… Keep reading…
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For ANC in Ward 8
Ward 8, the poorest ward in DC and often the most misunderstood or overlooked, needs a voice. It needs strong community leaders who want to devote their energy to improving the ward’s neighborhoods and building consensus among residents. Keep reading…
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Gentrification needn’t displace if we do more than shrug
Megan McArdle, the Atlantic‘s business and economics editor, has purchased a property in Eckington (after a challenging real estate search). Her latest post, titled “The Gentrifier’s Lament,” is a brief glance toward her contribution to the neighborhood. It’s laudable to raise the question of one’s location in a gentrifiying neighborhood—those… Keep reading…
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DDOT releases streetcar plan; trains will run in March 2012
In March 2012, streetcars will glide along H Street NE, according to the Streetcar System Plan DDOT released yesterday. The plan details alignment, fares, and operation logistics for the system’s two initial segments: the H Street/Benning Road segment and the Anacostia Initial Line Segment (suffering the unfortunate acronym “AILS”). For… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cabinet shuffling
Rheesigning; Peck for City Administrator?; Road rash of crashes; VA liquor plan gets worse; Get yer historic DC maps; Ban stoplights?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stay positive
Anacostia streetcar not running; In case you missed it; Gentrification goes to school; In the public input department; Not in my skyscraper’s back yard; What gives pastiche a bad name; Transit even conservatives can love; And you thought the Beltway was bad. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Happy hour grab bag
Join us for happy hour tonight; Making the grade; How Wells is urbanism doing in Ward 6?; Hey! I’m walkin’ heah; East of the river, west of recognition; What’s in your development?. Keep reading…
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Barry surprised at streetcar plan from Barry mayoralty
During the streetcar debate, Councilmember Marion Barry (Ward 8) has repeatedly expressed puzzlement that a streetcar is planned on H Street. He seems to think the idea suddenly appeared out of the blue. However, he shouldn’t be surprised: his own administration published a plan with that very project in 1997. During Tuesday’s discussion of the streetcar overhead… Keep reading…
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Weekend video: 4 kinds of transportation
DDOT has published a neat video showing a streetcar pulling into a possible future Anacostia Transit Center with streetcars, buses, Metro and mixed-use buildings. Riders on a Copenhagen bus route plan a special surprise for their bus driver’s birthday: Keep reading…
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“Clybourne Park” raises gentrification’s tough questions
If you enjoy Greater Greater Washington, you should go see Clybourne Park, if for no other reason than it might be your only chance for a long time to see a play whose second act starts with a debate over the zoning definition of “frontage.” Fifty years separate the two acts of Clybourne Park, playing at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre until April 17th. The first, in 1959,… Keep reading…