Posts tagged Alleys
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Someone once bought a private alley in Georgetown
From 2002 through 2007, Rockville resident Kebreab Zere purchased a series of five tax lots in Georgetown that constituted an alley from 33rd Street NW to Potomac Street, between O Street and N Street. Keep reading…
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Events: Join us for happy hour and get involved across the region
Join GGWash for a happy hour on Thursday, hear the candidates for governor of Maryland, celebrate people working for walkable communities, learn what to do if you're involved in a bike crash, and more in events this week! Keep reading…
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Why are neighbors fighting to keep this decrepit alley building from becoming a house?
Despite trying to obstruct the process, many neighbors have made offers to buy the building during the approval process–all unsolicited by the owner, who just wants to build out and rent it as a home. Keep reading…
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Someone bought a private street in San Francisco. That once happened in Georgetown, too.
An small, unpaid property tax bill caused residents in a wealthy San Francisco neighborhood to lose control of the street they live on. But the way cities enforce property taxes can really harm homeowners, especially those with limited incomes. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Purple Line setback, confirmed
More Purple Line delays; New DC school chancellor; Stop at the red; Airbnb in Arlington; What will the bridge park bring?; Budget shortfalls hit VA; Coming soon to a back road near you; It’s not easy being green; A lane of their own; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Have you voted yet?
Go vote!; Condo madness; Bikeshare for plants; Tax credit for renters; Metro safer, says FTA; Fairfax City, the city; Keine Autos; Forward-thinking parking; All about alleys. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better inspections, fewer derailments
Derailed by missing inspections; Next steps for the Purple Line; Tunnel to NoMa; Orange’s ethics; Metro cuts from data feed; Pedestrian killed in Old Town; England <3 traffic circles; Sea rise, homes under tide; Like data? Work for Metro!. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro on message
New on the WMATA Board; Red rapid repairs; Metro’s empty chair; Cemetery land swap; Prince George’s future; OurRFP in Ivy City; The lead feet of Metrobus; Promises on the Old Post Office; Arlington on the ped beat; And…. Keep reading…
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Modern Washingtonians have a mandate to remember black Georgetown
Most people know that Georgetown once had a large African American population that is, for the most part, not around anymore. Dig a bit deeper and you’ll find that in the 1930s, Georgetown was the first neighborhood in DC to undergo a process later known as gentrification. In fact, this process— and the role historic preservation played in it— is central to the history… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: This time around
Here we snow again; Paid leave on the table; Failure to communicate; Feds pressure WMATA; No sidewalks, no peace; Burnham Place will rise; Zoned in Georgetown; Bikeshare ideology; Save the tree(house); Moving on up?. Keep reading…