Posts tagged Columbia Heights
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Columbia Heights plaza pilot shows results, but private sector is missing link
The Columbia Heights Civic Plaza long lacked maintenance and experienced further deterioration in the pandemic, both physically and socially. A new outreach effort brought together entities around the plaza to address the needs of its most vulnerable users and support a thriving community space. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: McDuffie refiles reparations bill
McDuffie reintroduces DC reparations fund bill. Arlington offers buy-outs to homeowners in frequently flooded Spout Run neighborhoods. MoCo Council bill aims to improve road and school safety. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: All MARC service goes down during morning commute
All MARC trains were suspended during Friday rush-hour following system-wide outage. Utility lines lead to further Purple Line delays. Amazon announces further investment in Arlington’s affordable housing supply. Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: Savor the sky
Look up! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. Nope. It’s just the region’s big blue sky. Keep reading…
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Here’s where people are riding Metro this spring
Metro ridership is still in the hole after more than a year of the coronavirus pandemic. But ridership isn’t just lower; it’s different. As the Post reported last month, the top stations around the region have changed in a post-pandemic world. Keep reading…
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Columbia Heights has a transit-themed playground
Nerd alert: One of DC’s old trolley turnarounds is now a transit-themed playground. Keep reading…
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Here’s the peculiar story of the Irving Street Expressway
There’s some interesting history behind the oddly disconnected corridor between Columbia Heights and Brookland in DC. That weird traffic cloverleaf on North Capitol is one of several remnants of a planned DC freeway system that was never built. Keep reading…
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Where DC once banned black people from living
One of many pieces of America’s shameful racial past was when racial covenants forbade people in certain areas from selling their houses to an African-American family. DC had these in several neighborhoods, particularly Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights, Petworth, Park View, and Bloomingdale. Keep reading…
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Images show how 80,000 people in a square mile look in different neighborhoods
When we talk about dense housing, many think of New York City skyscrapers, or Soviet blocks. But as images of different neighborhoods in DC show, not all density looks the same. Keep reading…
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How some big-box stores are adapting to denser spaces in Tysons and beyond
Tysons grew up on big-box shopping. Now, as “America’s next great city” transforms itself into the 21st century, these enormous retailers are sticking around - but in new, more urban shapes. Keep reading…