Posts tagged Anacostia
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Breakfast links: WMATA Board demands answers
Answers, Metro. Now.; Too many rods for safety; Workers and managers all do horribly; Shelter opponents sue; How kids get to school; Where we work, where we live; Anacostia going over asking; The playground thief; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Beating the heat
It’s getting hot in here; Had it with hot cars; Metro’s bad budget news; Can you hear me now?; Abandoned home angst; Hardly a plan in Arlington; Fuzzy math on robberies; More bus bays for King Street; This week in approvals; Big sales in the suburbs. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Abodes well?
Historic house flipping; Data for desegregation; Here comes surge #4; Mic on Metro; Ride hail by the numbers; Rosslyn’s newest high rises; Catch ‘em all on the Mall; A new symbol for the FBI site; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Blitzes and bans
Metro’s got more than 99 problems; Now ban the other box; Co-op opt out; Energy bills, bills, bills; Fire on the mountain; Fighting words (on license plates); (Development) stop requested; Cycling at a crossroads; Sounds like progress; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Avoiding meltdowns, nuclear and commuter
Security summit traffic; Exelon deal or no deal; Trail-oriented is the new black; At the Monument, take the stairs; Lap of non-luxury; Fake grass, real problems; The struggle (to pay rent) is real; A boom with a view; Ever-expanding highways; And…. Keep reading…
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The DC Streetcar starts service on Saturday. It took a wild ride to get here.
When DC’s H Street and Benning Road streetcar opens on February 27, it’ll run on rails that were first installed almost seven years earlier. We’ve been talking about this project since 2008, with hundreds of posts. The following is a little walk down memory lane to look at everything that’s happened. Keep reading…
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How the Navy, baseball, and government planners made Capitol Riverfront one of DC’s hottest neighborhoods
Capitol Riverfront, the area around Nats ballpark, ranks high on any list of Washington’s most rapidly transforming neighborhoods. But it took more than baseball to make that transformation happen. Keep reading…
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Anacostia Park can help weaken climate change’s damage
Anacostia Park could better serve the needs of the surrounding community if it were easier to access and there were more to do there. Fixing it up could also help protect generations of District residents from the worst impacts of climate change. Keep reading…
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A more accessible Anacostia Park would mean a healthier community
Anacostia Park is part more than 1,200 acres of parks and wetlands that sit along the Anacostia River. It’s not in great shape, but there are people working to turn it around. If they succeed, residents are set to reap the health and social benefits that come with quality parks. Keep reading…
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Plans are gelling for a park over the Anacostia. Here are ways to ensure it helps, not displaces, existing residents.
The group behind the plan to build a park on the old 11th Street Bridge is seriously committed to making sure the project is a net gain for the communities around it. It wants to work with both the District government and nonprofits to grow the local workforce, boost small businesses, and increase the area’s affordable housing stock. Keep reading…