Posts tagged Carver Langston
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Open the arboretum’s Maryland Avenue gate, says Eleanor Holmes Norton
Eleanor Holmes Norton says it's time to re-open the National Arboretum's southern gate, to once again make the arboretum work as a city park. Keep reading…
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We know where most of DC’s population lives. Does Metro run through those places?
The maps below show where DC’s most densely-populated pockets are, as well as where its Metro stops are. It turns out they aren’t always the same places, or in other words, DC isn’t building enough around transit. Keep reading…
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DC wants charters in 4 closed schools, and KIPP is interested
Charter schools could soon occupy 4 campuses which housed DC public schools until the latest round of school closings. KIPP DC, part of the highly successful national chain of charter schools, plans to make a bid for one of them, the Hamilton school in Ivy City near Ivy City and Gallaudet. Keep reading…
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New ANC 5D selects meeting location that avoids residents
The new ANC 5D, which includes the neighborhoods of Ivy City, Trinidad, Carver Langston, and Gallaudet University, will hold its second monthly meeting next Tuesday at a location outside the ANC’s boundaries. Why would the level of DC government closest to the people purposely meet at a place that makes it difficult for residents to attend? Keep reading…
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Ward 5 needs more, smaller ANC’s
The Ward 5 Redistricting Task Force recently began the process of deciding if and how to redraw the ward’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANCs). The task force should create more ANC’s with fewer Single Member Districts (SMDs) in each. SMDs are the individual districts that make up each ANC. Each SMD serves around 2,000 constituents. Commissioners are unpaid,… Keep reading…
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Terrible Aldi design shows need for new parking zoning
Carver-Langston is a dense, urban neighborhood, and is about to benefit greatly from the H Street-Benning Road streetcar, which will run across the entire southern edge of the neighborhood. Unfortunately, commercial developers still seem to think they are located in a far-flung suburb, miles from the city. Along with the increase in transit options for the over 5,500 residents… Keep reading…
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Thinking inside the box: Reusing Ward 5’s empty big boxes
Julia Christensen has become the authority on adaptive community reuse of empty big box stores with her 6-year project and now recent book, Big Box Reuse. Empty stores have transformed into community centers, museums, charter schools, markets, and more. While Christensen’s project focuses primarily on the suburban landscape, we are dealing with a similar loss in DC’s… Keep reading…