Posts tagged Brookland
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Wall at Brookland Metro serves as a canvas for a memorial
While Washington is home to numerous stately memorials to national figures, murdered Redskins player Sean Taylor has his own unofficial memorial in the form of graffiti at the Brookland Metro station. A few days after Taylor was killed in Miami, Florida, a spray-painted memorial mural appeared on the wall of the CSX rail line adjacent to the Brookland Metro station, where it… Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Contradictions galore
Solar Decathlon to National Harbor?; E-ZPass cameras okay by AAA; Affordable housing from heaven; Enlighten Brookland; How to avoid another commute from hell; Getting farm food into schools; Assessing Sarles; VRE mulls fare and policy changes; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Different views on buildings
MLK library not so bad?; Brooks’ a part of Brookland evolution; Cyclist loses driver license for getting hit by driver; Walking to school at all-time low; Safety bills die, sprawl bills advance in VA; Back to the future on H Street NE; DC gap $600 million; And…. Keep reading…
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Will Thomas push for local business and good urban design?
Harry Thomas, Jr. will lead the DC Council’s Committee on Economic Development next year. In a press release, Thomas notes his plans to continue “building on what he has accomplished in this area for Ward 5.” The trouble is, Thomas’ development record in Ward 5 is spotty, at best. Suburban-style, big box-anchored retail development is scattered throughout… 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…
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Breakfast links: Transformation
Bike on Penn now; “Glass half full” vs. “frowny inflection”; Tysons transformed! Well, eventually; More ethnic food carts, hooray; Tear down power lines, not flyers; Fenty late to Metro memorial; TOD without ped safety brings tragedy; The “compass crusader”. Keep reading…
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Brunch links: The quality of local coverage
Dr. Anti Anti-Car; Not enough war on drivers?; Dr. Understanding Parking; Oh, snap, but no; Now really not street-facing; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Consequences of snow
Sidesnowpiles; Two pedestrians die; You can’t save a space; Post ignores own staff and blogs to get story wrong?; Free parking means no parking; Arlington in DC all along?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Consequences of distracted driving, biking
Texting not stopping; Cost of phoning while driving: $1.25M; That mean Mall; Philly cracks down on cyclists; FTA recognizes people bike to transit; Good development, too much parking?; The need to cover Tweed; Another Metro suicide. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Good reporting, bad reporting
Press on 270, Corridor Cities; Jumping on the anti-cycling press bandwagon; Congress Heights on the what?; Mall, Capital Crescent make the finals; Walking doesn’t move cars, so what’s the point?; Not a “flop”; No photos or we’ll put you on a hit list; And…. Keep reading…