Posts tagged Capitol Hill
-
Pimp my Safeway: Redevelopment potential for the Capitol Hill Safeway
This past spring, Georgetown’s “Social Safeway” closed so that it can be torn down and rebuilt. The new Safeway will be a two-story building with street-facing stores along the sidewalk, the grocery store on the second floor, and parking behind. Farther up Wisconsin, a Giant supermarket is also pursuing a new urban design that will “replace bland, single-story… Keep reading…
-
Compare the Hine redevelopment proposals
On June 10th, four developers presented their plans for the now-closed Hine Junior High School site in Capitol Hill to a packed room of neighborhood residents and business owners. Three of the four proposals were refreshingly urban in their look, focused on place-making oriented toward people friendly, human scaled buildings. The other one had no hard plans, making it difficult… Keep reading…
-
Breakfast links: Bike lanes and pushy drivers
Road dieting is healthy; Hoboken Hobikelane; Police to ticket aggressive drivers; Offices in the west; Cruzing on the Hill; Around the region; Across the nation. Keep reading…
-
On the calendar: Meet Virginia
Walk Arlington; Bike the bridge; Plan VRE; Compare school redevelopment plans. Keep reading…
-
11th Street bridges design makes some improvements
JDLand got a copy of the current design for the 11th Street bridges project. The original EIS showed a potential layout for the ramps and bridges, but DDOT asked engineering firms bidding on the project to design their own implementations. Keep reading…
-
The growing classroom
The District is home to numerous community gardens and farmer’s markets. There is also a growing movement for the “greening” of schoolyards across the District through gardens at school sites. School gardens can serve as learning laboratories to promote the consumption of fresh produce as well as be used for academic instruction in areas of science, math, environmental… Keep reading…
-
Dinner links: The future of sitting, driving, biking
New BART seating strategy; Road pricing: the time is now; Look at all the traffic; Road closures and parking divide Eastern Market; German city more neighborly; Arlington needs a few good counters; Some Fairfax Connector buses raise fare to $7; Give the robot your bike. Keep reading…
-
Ticketing of cars in public space reaches Capitol Hill
Last week, some Capitol Hill residents received tickets for parking in the driveways in front of their houses. Frustrated homeowners emailed neighborhood lists and blogs, upset at the sudden and unexpected tickets. Keep reading…
-
Residents suggest more walkable intersection designs at 7th and Maryland
Greater Capitol Hill’s residents proudly lead the city in promoting a vision of our streets as welcoming and safe places for pedestrians, bicycles, transit, and cars alike. Not only did they elect DC’s most pro-walkability, pro-complete streets Councilmember, but multiple groups of residents have created designs and blogs for improving their particular corners of the neighborhood. Keep reading…