Posts tagged Anacostia
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Breakfast links: Cathedral Heights tops list of affordable DC neighborhoods
These are the five DC neighborhoods where the average listing is below $380K. Potomac Yard Park extension will open later this month, features new trail connection. Renderings of new West Baltimore MARC station unveiled. Keep reading…
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Events: Celebrate the annual Anacostia River Festival
Celebrate the annual Anacostia River Festival. Meet Arlington’s Pro-Housing County Board Candidates. Switch up your commute for Bike to Work Day 2023. Join a walking tour of Friendship Heights. Read more in this week’s events post. Keep reading…
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After a pause and a pivot during the pandemic, DC’s neighborhood shared ride program is back
Residents looking for transit options in the city may have more choices as the District’s Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV) brought back DC Neighborhood Connect, a shared on demand shuttle service that covers parts of wards 1, 4, and 5, last month. Beginning July 12 the service now covers parts of Ward 8. Keep reading…
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How my ride east of the Anacostia shows the harsh realities for people bicycling
A small group of riders this past weekend adjusted our helmets, tested our bells, rode up and down several streets throughout Congress Heights, Anacostia and then through Navy Yard to see what was working for bicyclists east of the Anacostia, and what could be. Keep reading…
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A local nonprofit finishes renovations of homes in historic Anacostia
After nearly two years of design and construction, local historic preservation nonprofit the L’Enfant Trust (the Trust) has restored three historic homes in Anacostia that are now ready for new owners. Keep reading…
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Exodus: Why DC’s Jewish community left the central corridors, then came back
Beginning in the 1950s, synagogues and other Jewish institutions left DC’s central commercial corridors for Upper Northwest and Maryland, and they didn’t return until the late 1990s. Keep reading…
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DC historic homeowners get the green light to ask for front-facing solar panels (but don’t make them green, or blue!)
Responding to outrage that followed Greater Greater Washington’s report on that hearing, the DC’s Historic Preservation Review Board revised its guidelines to say that front-facing solar panels could be okay if “necessary” to achieve climate goals such as DC’s 2019 clean energy law. The board approved the guidelines, including the proposed changes, at that meeting as the start of what will surely be a long conversation within the preservation community about how to integrate planetary preservation. Keep reading…
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Two Walk to School Day events provoke the question: Are these routes made for walking?
Kids across DC gathered with caregivers and their wider school communities on Wednesday, October 2 to make the point that students should be able to walk to school safely. We caught up with two of these Walk to School Day celebrations, one in Anacostia and the other in Capitol Hill. Here are some of our observations. Keep reading…
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My ride east of the Anacostia shows the harsh realities for people bicycling
A small group of riders this past weekend adjusted our helmets, tested our bells, rode up and down several streets throughout Congress Heights, Anacostia and then through Navy Yard to see what was working for bicyclists east of the Anacostia, and what could be. Keep reading…
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This new Ward 8 group aims to engage residents in local transportation projects
Some Ward 8 residents have expressed frustration over lack of information about transportation projects in their area and opaque government processes. Now several local ANC commissioners are puttting together a group to help residents be more informed and engaged. Keep reading…