Posts tagged Bloomingdale
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Breakfast links: Provocative suggestions
Move the jail to Buzzard Point?; Allow bottled water on Metro?; 2 Councilmembers call for Thomas to resign; Charlottesville getting bad bypass; Driver killed cyclist in hit-and-run; Historic trolley station to be preserved; Explore interactive census data; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The bike life
Obituary for “the bike lady”; To catch a bike thief; Drivers take bike frustration to police; Council looks at ethics; Metro morsels; St. E’s will still move ahead, needs food; No more Arts for 5th and Eye; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Bike to work today
Shift your mode today; Refill SmarTrip online next month; Loudoun might drop the Silver Line; MPD’s demographics shift; Post-9/11 security eases slightly; Rail operators run red signals; Just steps from Walmart!; DC Water at odds with Earthjustice; And…. Keep reading…
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On the calendar: Kojo in McLean, Bloomingdale parking, Prince George’s development, Anacostia streetcars
A number of media events and community roundtables will be talking about big issues that shape our neighborhoods. If you live in McLean, Bloomingdale, southern Prince George’s or Anacostia, these are important opportunities to bring our issues and points of view into the conversation. Tonight, the Kojo Nnamdi Show is taping Kojo in your Community in McLean. Residents… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the streets of Arlington
Cyclist doored, police don’t take report; Arlington rejects design by fire truck; Is Rosslyn evolving?; Klein defends DDOT; Businesses fight late-night cuts; Various guards don’t know you can photograph buildings; Coucil may raid solar rebates; News without wires; And…. Keep reading…
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Want a Trader Joe’s? Then add more residents
Residents in many neighborhoods often say they wish their neighborhood had a Trader Joe’s or other new retail options. There’s only one real way to get such businesses to move in: Add more residents who can shop there. Lydia DePillis writes about some recent zoning fights. Along Georgia Avenue, ANC 4B fought a proposal to build 400 apartments and retail at the Curtis… Keep reading…
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I Wish This Were… in Bloomingdale/Eckington/Truxton Circle
Forward-thinking New Orleanians started putting stickers on abandoned buildings and other places they wish were more than they are. Borrowing the idea, minus the physical tagging of properties, we bring you the first installment of “I Wish This Were…”, where GGW contributors imagine a better use for vacant properties and poorly-conceived public spaces… Keep reading…
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McMillan visions take shape
Three concept ideas for the McMillan Sand Filtration site were presented Saturday. All designs attempt to meld commercial, retail, open space, and residential, while responding to community feedback. Still, some residents remain fundamentally skeptical after so many failed attempts at development. At this third community meeting, hosted by development team “Vision… Keep reading…
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At McMillan site, compromise could be beautiful
While the discussion surrounding the future of the McMillan Sand Filtration Site has been polarized, there is actually plenty for everyone to agree on. A compromise is sure to emerge since few are happy with the site as it sits: unused and inaccessible. Unfortunately it took neighbors flatly rejecting the original proposal before planners went back to the drawing board. Keep reading…
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For ANC in Ward 5
Some wards divide up their ANCs by neighborhood. Ward 5, already a geographically large ward, is carved into only three ANCs, each containing a whopping 12 single-member districts and even splitting Brookland up between ANCs. Keep reading…