Posts tagged Anti Neighbors
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A record number of people petitioned for a dog park at the Takoma Rec Center, but it’s still not happening
In December 2015, dog owners across Ward 4 submitted the largest petition ever to build a dog park in DC. But a small group of neighbors put up a big fight, and last week the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) made it official: no dog park. Here’s what happened. Keep reading…
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Adams Morgan could get more housing and preserve its plaza, too. But it probably won’t.
Some Adams Morgan leaders have said “no” once again to a proposal to replace an ugly 1970s bank building at the corner of 18th and Columbia. Redevelopment would destroy what’s now a plaza, but does it have to? If neighbors got over some “height-itis,” maybe not. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Find the 9/11 memorial; imagine one for climate change
Have you heard of this memorial?; A climate change memorial for DC?; Is the SunTrust plaza “sacred”?; Purple Line appeal begins; Evans says no fare hike; Get your Tubman & Douglass SmarTrips; Loudoun, bike mecca?; What Amtrak will buy with $2.45B; Students versus homeless tenants; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WiFi in the Metro
Get online, underground; Don’t press this button; No to NIMBY; Bad flip to affordable digs; McMillan moving on; There’s more to congestion; Expensive cities are exclusive cities; Bugs on a train. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: WMATA Board demands answers
Answers, Metro. Now.; Too many rods for safety; Workers and managers all do horribly; Shelter opponents sue; How kids get to school; Where we work, where we live; Anacostia going over asking; The playground thief; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A dream of affordable housing
Hard road to affordability; City prices outpace outside; More jobs for the ‘burbs; Green light for practice facility; More transparency, please; Transit center’s birthday wishes; Designs to beat the heat; Bikes on the hill. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Derailment could be a crime
Criminal charges for going off the rails?; Another pedestrian fatality; What’s the White House worth?; ANC on SunTrust; Another delay for Barry Farm; From cutters to condos; Deliveries in a flash for Virginians; More housing morsels…. Keep reading…
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“Ludicrous” ruling could delay or scuttle the Purple Line
Just four days before Maryland was set to sign a key agreement to build the Purple Line, a federal judge blocked the project, saying declining Metro ridership requires re-studying all of the projections for the light rail line from Bethesda to New Carrollton (which will not be built or operated by WMATA). Keep reading…
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Nobody wants these school buses in their backyard. But moving them is worth it.
Montgomery County wants to move a school bus lot away from the Shady Grove Metro station to make room for new houses there, but residents of other neighborhoods don’t want the buses in their backyards. But the move is worth it if it means more people can live walking distance to the train. Keep reading…
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A big development in Woodley Park may spark DC’s next housing battle
The Wardman Park Hotel in Woodley Park is set to get a major influx of new housing. Washington Post reporter Jonathan O’Connell pegs the project as the next big development battle in the District, and he’s not sure the opposition will be justified. Keep reading…