Posts tagged Arts
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On the calendar: Peds, bikes, transit budgets, and art
Big plans for DC streets; WMATA hearings; Local budget hearings; Go M.V. go!. Keep reading…
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New art planned for Takoma, Farragut West
At tomorrow’s meeting, the WMATA Board will hold its first of many discussions on the FY2011 budget. It will also get to address a much lighter topic: art for Takoma and Farragut West stations. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Keeping people from getting hit
Marlene is making Conn. Ave safer; Live in Ward 6? Walk?; Seattleites, panhandler rescue woman on tracks; That’s some delay; Spelunking below Dupont; Also in the DC Council; Poverty becoming a suburban problem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Buses boo
Was Metro negligent in keeping driver?; Ride On cutting too; Pruning vs. chopping; PG backs down on cameras; Only a month or two?; Yet another art debate; Taxi “anarchy”. Keep reading…
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ODMPED suddenly very eager to develop Dupont tunnels
After years of inaction, DC economic development officials want to quickly find use for the long-empty streetcar tunnels under Dupont Circle. At the Dupont Circle ANC (2B) meeting last night, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (ODMPED) representative Neil Goradia said that they have finally worked out the legal issues around the lease, and are… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Space to walk and bike
And the winners are…; Get off the (local) road; How to utilize street space for people; Velo vandals; ICC tolls no surprise; Let’s grow the Branch; Parking from SF to Tulsa. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cracks in the surface
Adaptive reuse for potholes; Irate riders and serious policy ideas; VRE sets a record; The unappealing plan vs. the impractical one; Neighbors jab at Boxer Girl; Win a Nobel, get free parking (not free transit); “Complying” with the ADA. Keep reading…
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Artists still waiting to revitalize Dupont Underground
Beneath Dupont Circle lie two long, dank tunnels that were once a bustling underground streetcar station. A coalition of arts groups want to reactivate the space for arts exhibition and performance, but they need community support and action from the Deputy Mayor’s office. The tunnels became empty in 1962, as DC was dismantling its streetcar system. Today, the only remnant… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Open up
CTO Sivak; One county’s revenue from hoarding data: negative half a mil; MTA pulls back the F curtain; H Street will go first?; No more meters for Iowan city; Really high-speed rail; Music to your feet. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links on the run: It’s a treat
“Treat the next person”; HOT lane opposition growing; Stimulus projects creating congestion; Reconnecting zoning. Keep reading…