Posts tagged Columbia Heights
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Afternoon links: great streets aren’t overrun with parking
Parking minimums could kill SE project: A proposed building at 801 Virginia Ave will be offices instead of condos; unfortunately, current parking minimums are higher for offices, groundwater makes digging more parking levels too costly, and without a variance, Infosnack points out we’ll just be stuck with an empty lot. DCist agrees with parking reform: Removing parking minimums… Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: Up and down the Green Line edition
First stop Columbia Heights: Today is Columbia Heights Day, featuring local music, food, family activities, a bike ride and more. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t sweat the small stuff edition
Girard Park plans revealed: New Columbia Heights has drawings of a planned renovation of the park at 14th and Girard. It will have an “inviting” plaza with tables, a fountain, and restrooms by day, and a fence to keep undesirable activity out at night. Keep reading…
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Show me the (performance parking) money!
Six months ago, the DC Council established performance parking pilot zones in Capitol Hill (around Eastern Market) and in Columbia Heights. In keeping with Donald Shoup’s ideas, the legislation required all revenue from the new parking zones to go directly toward streetscape and transportation improvements in each area, with the community deciding what improvements… Keep reading…
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Jim Graham’s northern Circulator
At last night’s Neighborhood Circulation Study in Adams Morgan, Councilmember Jim Graham handed out his own proposal for how to bring the Circulator north into Adams Morgan. DDOT already expects to add the route in 2009. Here is a scan of the handout: Graham took pains to emphasize that this is only an idea for discussion, and he’s not wedded to the specifics… Keep reading…
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DC USA: SmartBike yes (eventually), racks in garage no
New Columbia Heights talked to DDOT’s bicycle program manager, Jim Sebastian, who confirmed that there will be a SmartBike station in Columbia Heights once SmartBike’s next round of expansion gets going (time indeterminate). Keep reading…
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DC USA’s idea of drainage
I don’t think “the sidewalk” is an acceptable answer for “where should we put the stormwater runoff”. Keep reading…
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More underutilized parking in Columbia Heights
Rob Goodspeed has a good piece for the Urban Land Institute about the renaissance in Columbia Heights. Everything is great, except more and more developers are realizing they built way too much parking. Keep reading…
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Park(ing) at Sherman and Park
New Columbia Heights reports on the recent community meeting about parks in the neighborhood. In the center of the block from Lamont to Park and Sherman to 11th is a large open area, currently “used as an illegal dumping and parking area.” Councilmember Graham is working on getting the city to buy the property and forgive back taxes to transfer it to Washington Parks &… Keep reading…
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DC ZooSA?
Commenters today raised some great ideas for DC USA’s completely unused parking level. Alex B. suggested we convert it into roller hockey or an indoor skatepark. Along those lines, maybe mini golf? Keep reading…