Posts tagged Hine School
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After being closed temporarily, 7th Street by Eastern Market could stay that way
For two years, a weekend flea market outside Eastern Market has temporarily been able to set up stalls on 7th Street SE, which is closed for a construction project. But now that the work is finished, there's a debate over whether the street should stay closed on weekends, or be open to cars all the time. Keep reading…
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Eliot-Hine, a DC middle school, is falling apart
Katelyn Hollmon, a student at Eliot-Hine Middle School, cried when she testified before the DC Council last year, saying she and her classmates shouldn’t have to attend a school that reminds them of the homeless shelter where several of her friends live. “Just because we’re kids doesn’t mean we don’t have rights… It is not enough to believe… Keep reading…
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Construction is starting on a mixed-use building at Eastern Market. It took seven years to get this far.
In a ceremony on Friday, a mixed-use development formally broke ground at where the closed Hine Junior High School used to stand, across the street from Eastern Market Metro. This hard-fought project has been in the works since at least 2008, and is a good example of how long many of these projects can take amid community battles. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Just an inch
Nor’easter; Emergency training; Pop-up primer; Authority for Montgomery?; Minimize parking; Metro affluence; Dependent downsides; City limits or region?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike lane frenzy
Pop-up bike lanes sweep the nation; Bike lanes safer for all; Court OKs Hine development; Bowser won’t commit to debate; Real estate touts transit; Booze by phone; Not quite 26; Light rail success in Phoenix; And…. Keep reading…
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Hear the candidates: Ward 6 on housing
We interviewed candidates for DC mayor and competitive council races for the April 1 primary, and recorded the conversations on video. We will be posting the videos for each subject area and each race over a few weeks. Here are the discussions about housing with candidates for Ward 6 on the DC Council. See all of the articles here. It’s not that easy to find specific policy… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Maryland’s wish list
MD spends on Prince George’s; What should Frederick do?; Housing lost with no replacement; Building bits; No train to the beach; Support New Mexico Avenue bike lanes; Lawsuits slow development; Amtrak gets stuck for 14 hours; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Old school
Hine gets OK; Not down with escalators; A lot to do in 5 years; Academic village in NoMa; Height limit estimate too high?; Safer to be blue; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast results: Less Brown, more rainbow
Grosso beats Brown; Voters say yes; Capitol Hill upholds Hine; Students do well; Euille and Dems win Alexandria; Rail wins in Hawaii; All the transportation votes; Lines were long. Keep reading…
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Hill ANC races may turn entirely on Hine, but oughtn’t
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners work on many subjects besides development, but challengers for a few seats on Capitol Hill want to make the election a referendum on a single project, the Hine school. Such a narrow focus ignores the many subjects that ANCs work on, like public safety, liquor licenses, and just helping connect residents with public officials who can solve… Keep reading…