Posts tagged Mount Vernon Triangle
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Breakfast links: Major DC street closures, Metro disruptions coming around US-Africa summit
DC announces street closure, Metro disruptions ahead of US-Africa Leaders Summit. Alexandria’s planning commission approves Landmark redevelopment plans. MoCo seeks applicants to fill three positions on Planning Board. Keep reading…
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Our 2018 endorsements for Advisory Neighborhood Commissions in Ward 6
Ward 6 covers a lot of ground and a wide swath of DC neighborhoods. On one end, you can be standing in Navy Yard, outside of Nationals Park, while on the other you’re in Shaw. Many of Ward 6’s neighborhoods have been the epicenter of DC’s growth, and its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC) are at the center of that discussion. In November, voters in Ward 6 have 10 competitive races to consider, and in those we found five candidates to endorse. Keep reading…
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Can this Mount Vernon Triangle, um, triangle be a great park?
In DC's triangular Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood is a smaller triangle, known as Cobb Park. It's not much of a park right now, but it could be. A new study from the Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District looked at what such a park could look like and other possible places for parks around the neighborhood. Keep reading…
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DC builds a lot of new places to live, and (some) rents decline
Rent in the fanciest buildings in Columbia Heights, Dupont Circle, Logan Circle, and Mount Vernon Triangle has dropped, while prices in the NoMa/H Street and Capitol Riverfront/Southwest areas are staying high–even though those areas have built more new housing recently. What gives? Keep reading…
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This new building includes parts of three old buildings
As DC grows, new buildings are often required to incorporate historic structures. That’s easier said than done, but the results can be worth the effort. Here’s how one new apartment building in Mount Vernon Triangle incorporated three historic buildings for new uses. Keep reading…
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When you turn parking spaces into parks, it looks like this
On Friday, September 16th, greater Washington gave some parking spaces a facelift and converted them into miniature parks for Park(ing) Day, an imaginative international event to show what else could be done with curbside parking spaces. Thanks to readers who tweeted pictures and uploaded to our Flickr pool. Here is some of what you submitted:… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Yes, you have to build housing
You promised affordable housing; Losing your joint; Low housing alert; Hassles of housing; Bike lanes for Irving Street?; The price of Purple delays; A better Amtrak; Sexual harassment, too; The loopiest bus. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hottest day of the year
Record-setting heat; Too hot for fast trains; Can’t ban RPP?; New office, historic buildings; More red signal fallout; Lights out, Metro still running; NYC’s Metro-style shutdown; Lightning damage on the L. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Pulling out the stops
A massive maintenance plan; Shaw says yes to housing; A new branch for the MBT; Art pops up in DC; NPS paves the way; New housing for Chinatown; Hot in here. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Revitalize vs. regress
Wider sidewalks for Georgetown; Chinatown sans Verizon Center; The future of Howard Theater; Homes for “grandfamilies”; Montgomery’s share of the Purple Line; Transit talk for I-66; Accident becomes crash; No more NextBus; Bet on education; Metro makes the news; Fair on housing and crime; Less zoning, more housing. Keep reading…