Posts tagged Brookland
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North Capitol study plans “gateway”, disappoints neighbors
The “North Capitol Street Urban Design & Transportation Study,” sponsored by the Office of Planning, DDOT and NCPC, aims to to transform the freeway-like North Capitol street into an attractive gateway to DC from the north. At a public meeting last night, though, neighbors mostly heaped criticism OP for the narrow scope of the study and for their other frustrations… Keep reading…
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Dinner links: Six feet under budget
“Hangover of America’s romance with the car”: Salon examines the paradox of governments cutting transit funding as buses and trains face record ridership, and the double standard in the way we think about funding new roads versus funding transit. Keep reading…
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DC Council is baaaack!
Today is the first Council legislative session after the recess. Right now Councilmembers just finished introducing bills. Here are a few of particular relevance: Keep reading…
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Library victory in Shaw, Brooklanders still fighting for trees
In 2004, DC closed the the Watha T. Daniel library in Shaw and several other libraries, to replace the aging buildings with new, modern facilities. Though the interior drew some criticism, neighbors widely praised the open, airy glass design as a huge improvement over the prison-like, concrete, Brutalist original library. Keep reading…
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Brookland energized over power lines
Neighbors in Brookland, divided over development around their Metro station, are united on the latest issue in the neighborhood: underground power lines. Keep reading…
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Open space versus parks
And Now, Anacostia rebuts Marc Fisher’s criticism of a soccer stadium at Poplar Point. ANA and my commenters make several points, including that the money would be for infrastructure like roads rather than for the stadium itself (unlike with the ballpark), or that Fisher simply prefers baseball to soccer. Ryan Avent, though, is still skeptical. Keep reading…
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Brookland: save the environment somewhere else
As Brookland debates whether to build some higher-density housing next to its Metro station or preserve their “trash-strewn chain-linked blight,” as one resident put it, the “I’m an environmentalist but…” arguments are back. Keep reading…
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“Save our sprawl” in Brookland
Ryan Avent has been writing about local neighborhood opposition to development in his neighborhood of Brookland. As in Takoma, Metro and DC’s Office of Planning want to develop poorly utilized, unattractive land that’s mostly parking lots and unusable open space into residences and public plazas. Keep reading…