Posts tagged Brightwood
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On the calendar: Giant projects and public reactions
Learn about the Wisconsin Giant: Development projects in Ward 3 historically draw the strongest opposition from well-organized groups of residents. For the proposed Wisconsin Avenue Giant, however, the dynamic is reversing, as many residents eager for a new, mixed-use, walkable, modern Giant and retail at the corner of Wisconsin, Newark, and Idaho are rallying to support the… Keep reading…
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Not another landmarked parking lot!
November’s HPRB meeting will consider landmark status for the Sheridan Theatre and Park and Shop, on Georgia Avenue in Brightwood. The DC Preservation League named the Sheridan one of its most endangered properties in 2007. This 1937 Art Deco community theater is now a dollar store; it was built a year before Silver Spring’s Silver Theatre, which was recently restored… Keep reading…
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Making upper Georgia Avenue a great street
The DC Council held a hearing this afternoon on the Upper Georgia Avenue Great Streets Plan. Georgia Avenue is a long, continuous commercial corridor with some successful shops, some vacant ones, and many in between. Keep reading…