Posts tagged Chevy Chase Dc
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Opposition to housing in HBO’s “Show Me a Hero” sounds eerily familiar
In the second episode of the miniseries Show Me a Hero, which premiered on HBO last Sunday, angry crowds — all white — protest at a Yonkers, NY city council meeting discussing a plan to put a measly 200 low-income households in the more affluent parts of the city. Many people watching surely believe that they wouldn’t be throwing diapers at the council if they had been in Yonkers… Keep reading…
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Hidden clues reveal an old road that disappeared from DC
Milkhouse Ford Road in Northwest DC no longer exists as a major thoroughfare. But clues of its past life are still visible thanks to skewed property lines, an abandoned ford over Rock Creek, and seemingly misplaced street names around the city. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: A certain mindset
What the Olympics bring; Don’t put fear first; Stay cool on Metro; Why the resistance to larger boundaries?; Silver Spring gets connected; Not preserved in Chevy Chase; Now change the name?; Goats help landscape vacant lots; And…. Keep reading…
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DC has too few dedicated east-west bike pathways
While DC’s bicycling network has grown, there still aren’t a lot of crosstown connections. In fact, there are no protected east-west bicycle routes in the whole third of the District north of Florida Avenue. Cyclists need more of these, as well as north-south routes to form a grid of dedicated paths. Much of DC’s bicycle infrastructure, like trails,… Keep reading…
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School boundary review, part 2: Parents at two Northwest DC schools want to keep current boundaries
As a committee works to redesign DC’s school assignment policies, some parents who are happy with the status quo are urging caution. In yesterday’s post we looked at issues the Advisory Committee on Student Assignment is grappling with as it reviews school boundaries and feeder patterns, which haven’t been overhauled since 1968. Today we’ll look… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wide open
Did Gray know?; Catania’s in; Good times for transit ridership; Is the FBI building hackable?; Demolish or renovate?; Fence quarrel; Is “rails to trails” history?; To remain separate?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Transportation piggy bank
Chipping in for Metro; Funding transportation with tax reform; Down on the corner; No fly list; No parking for these U Street residents; Stop pop-ups vs. stop NIMBYism; Gentrification angers Spike Lee; Fort Belvoir’s spillover effects; Arlington roads in poor condition; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go multimodal
Route 7 for all; Decking 66; Town of Chevy Chase: it’s on; Meanwhile, a modest proposal; Clearing the CCT; Pothole patrol; A condo in a downward spiral; French railway reparations?; Post picks Bowser; And…. Keep reading…
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Playgrounds show how far DC has come in 20 years
Mayor Vincent Gray recently announced that DC will renovate 8 more playgrounds next year, bringing his “Play DC” project to a total of 40 playgrounds. That’s a far cry from the 1990s, when residents who wanted a new playground were basically left to fend for themselves. The District is allocating $1 million for each of those playground makeovers. And… Keep reading…
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Eric Colbert releases new renderings for 5333 Connecticut
Architects Eric Colbert and Associates shared renderings of the latest design for their proposed apartment building at 5333 Connecticut Avenue. Few renderings of the project have been available until now, so it’s been difficult to understand how it will look. Keep reading…