Posts tagged Arts
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Breakfast links: Stay safe
“Intersection of Doom” improves; Streetcar safety for students; FBI for statehood; DHS HQ a go; Public finance for MoCo campaigns; Penn Ave, AdMo are great; MARTA on the upswing; Preposterous Purple Line posturing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bowser ahead early
Bowser ahead in early poll; Area economy not faring well; Olympics march builds up; Metro to the playoffs; Art needed for Purple Line; Arlington streetcar moves forward; Redevelopment starts in Glenmont; Non-retail retail?; Where the US is like Scotland; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Back to school
Welcome back; Catania against school reassignment; Silver linings; Driverless in DC; Tree removal tiff; Tiny homes in DC; Engaged renters; Storage for the homeless; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Home expensive home
Cheap housing hard to find; DC kids not cheap; Brookland Metro developer chosen; Loudoun locks development; Delivery for the few; Metro ready for FBI; Corcoran independent no more; Restaurant gardens bear fruit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trusty transportation
Transportation funding until May; Eight-car Blues; Silver doesn’t sparkle?; Lots of advice; Cabbies unionize; Food trucks have changed; Two new Corcoran proposals; Eastern Markets lease woes; And…. Keep reading…
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Theaters face drama when trying to operate in residential areas, even with strong neighbor support
When a theater in Dupont Circle tried to get zoning permission to continue operating, the dialogue at the zoning board was worthy perhaps of being its own theatrical play. Let’s imagine what that play might be like. DC has a long history of theater groups which perform in people’s garages, churches, and the basements of apartment buildings, as last week’s… Keep reading…
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A sunken gas station sculpture sends the wrong message about the Anacostia River
Update: The DC Department of the Environment has decided not to allow the sculpture in the Anacostia due to environmental concerns. Would a sunken gas station in the Anacostia, a piece of public art, spark discussion around climate change or hinder other environmental restoration in DC? A coalition of Anacostia River advocates is opposing installation of this sculpture in… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Better buses
More buses on 16th Street; An electric Circulator?; Less parking, more business; More bikes, fewer tickets; Housing for the homeless; Theater for Union Market?; Look to Oregon’s Trails; And…. Keep reading…
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Confusing Park Police rules scuttle Fort Reno concerts, Mall food trucks
The National Park Service’s difficult and sometimes inscrutable regulations for events in parks may have claimed another victim: Long-running summer concerts in Fort Reno. The same day, Park Police also cracked down on food trucks along the Mall. The organizer of the Fort Reno concerts, Amanda MacKaye, announced yesterday that the concerts are canceled for this year. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxi tactics
Taxi access; Uber fights at home and abroad; Food trucks out of Rosslyn; Vacant lot transformed; How big is White Flint?; Two-way New Hampshire; Political pieces; Solar comes to Blue Plains?; And…. Keep reading…