Posts tagged Capitol Hill
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Midnight links: I will protest injustice more
Traditional sidewalk values: Citing California’s precedent of taking away minority rights by majority vote, a group of Princeton students is pushing Princeton Proposition 8, to “preserve traditional sidewalk values” that reserve sidewalks for sophomores, juniors, seniors, grad students, faculty, staff, visitors, and others, but not freshmen. (AmericaBlog)… Keep reading…
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Performance parking crawling toward implementation in Columbia Heights
Councilmember Jim Graham was not pleased with the District Department of Transportation this morning. As much as a genial-looking, round-faced man with large thick-rimmed glasses and a bow tie can glower menacingly, Graham did just that. “The implementation of [performance parking in Columbia Heights] has been very slow,” said Graham. The legislation enabling… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raze baby raze?
Third Church first to go? Today is the Mayor’s Agent hearing on whether to allow Third Church of Christ, Scientist to tear down and redevelop their landmarked building at 16th and I. I’ll be there to watch and report. Observers think the church is probably going down; allowing a raze would also forestall civil rights litigation and legislation that might have far-reaching… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Two sides of many coins
Adams Morgan ANC commissioner arrested: Nancy Shia, representing northeastern Adams Morgan on ANC 1C, was arrested Sunday for taking pictures of a crime scene. Shia claims she was “just trying to document the scene,” while police claim she was “impeding a police investigation” and opened the door of a police vehicle to get a picture of a juvenile suspect. Keep reading…
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“Excitement” not worth $1B stadium
Mayor Fenty wants to bring the Redskins back to DC, calling it “a big mistake” to let the team move to Landover in 1997. Why does Fenty want them back? Civic pride. Fenty told the Post, Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Choices for unhappy drivers
One way to reduce the number of cars: People are torching their own cars in increasing numbers, in places like Capitol Hill’s “Car-B-Que Alley”. Even abandoned cars not on fire pose a nuisance, but DC’s law makes it difficult to remove them. (Post, City Paper, Infosnack) You could have driven to San Francisco: The average Washington commuter spent 60 hours in traffic last year,… Keep reading…
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From Wallach to Hine
The presentation from the recent Capitol Hill Town Square meeting contains this heartbreaking nugget: Keep reading…
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Capitol Hill residents weigh in on Town Square
The Capitol Hill Town Square project held a Community Wide Input meeting on the evening of October 1st. The name might be a misnomer since it consisted of nearly two hours of presentation and about a half hour of “input”, but that’s what they called it. The “input” included a strong dose of close-mindedness from some community activists opposed to… Keep reading…
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Marc: no need to parc
I was planning to write a bunch of thoughts about Marc Fisher’s tantalizing-sounding “Don’t Build Parking, And They’ll Come” article when it came out today. But he says everything I would have, so just go read it. Fisher interviews Harriet Tregoning, who cites the many underutilized garages in new development including at the new Harris Teeter,… Keep reading…
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Hybrid taxis to Hilton towers: this week in hearings
I’m back! France was very relaxing, and I also learned a lot about how they practice urbanism and suburbanism. But first, what’s on tap this week: Keep reading…