Posts tagged Barracks Row
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A new park and playground are coming to the Eastern Market Metro stop
The area around the Eastern Market Metro stop is about to get a big redesign. On the way are a new playground, an outdoor reading area for the nearby Southeast Neighborhood Library, more environmentally friendly landscaping, and new bus stops. Keep reading…
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Can Eastern Market park become a gathering place?
Barracks Row Main Street is studying ways to redesign the public space around the Eastern Market Metro station. While many neighbors see the potential to make a great gathering place, others don’t want anything to change at all. Architect Amy Weinstein of Esocoff & Associates is leading the Congressionally-funded Eastern Market Metro Park study, which will explore… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: War on the war on cars
Parking minimums are obsolete; Pay up, Maryland drivers; Townsend watch; Fairfax sneers at PG; Waterfront defended; Murals popular, except on the Hill; MoCo still very dangerous to walk; Air travel doesn’t break even, either; Candidates pull in money. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Get educated
The Henderson plan; When to mix, when to separate; UIP helps, hurts affordable housing; Barracks Row getting more barracks; Pedicab detante solidifies; Williams on top; CSI: Blog; Build a bridge; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Relentless pursuit
6 stores, 1800 jobs, no CBA; Town makes land grab; Get baked or eat fried; DC likely to stay occupied; Bike share ads: Is there really a free lunch?; DC preserves Chinablock/town; Maryland businesses want transportation; Washingtonians are footloose; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The new line
Circulator crosses the river; Waldorf wants light rail (not Metro); HP shouldn’t be a weapon; U and King Streets are great; Booth map gets better; “Super NoVA” transportation study starts; Bowser squeezes Orange; Republicans not kicking DC (much); And…. Keep reading…
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Barracks Row Fall Festival: Fun for everyone
Saturday’s annual Barracks Row Fall Festival brought the community together for art, fitness, food, and music. Belga Cafe and The Ugly Mug drew revelers with their beer and food offerings, while dozens of military chefs participated in a cook-off. New York Trapeze School aerialists performed in front of large crowds all afternoon, and the Marine Corps… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: So many subsidies
MoCo shells out for Costco; Newt likes subsidies if liberals hate them; WMATA changing flacks; Drunk driver gets 3.5 years for manslaughter; MTA readjusts Purple Line projections; When do cyclists cycle?; CaBi and counting coming to Alexandria; PG’s Johnson to plead guilty; And…. Keep reading…
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Restaurants and bars enhance commercial district diversity
Does Barracks Row have too many restaurants? In November 2010, ANC6B established a Retail Mix Task Force (RMTF), which entertained, but ultimately rejected, the idea of pursuing a moratorium on liquor license applications on Barracks Row. Restaurants, it decided, complement other activities. Not only did the RMTF reject the moratorium, but it also suggested… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: People want a city, are getting a city
It’s development utopia again; People really want more restaurants; Recession worse for suburbs; Retail begins in Metro stations; Georgetown students deserve 2 ANC seats; Bethesda gets pay-by-phone; Another lousy parking “privatization”; Bike lanes make crazy writers really crazy; And…. Keep reading…