Posts tagged Columbia Heights
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When the Metro first arrived in Shaw and Columbia Heights, they were far different than they are today
During rush hour, northbound Yellow Line trains need to reverse direction at Mount Vernon Square because there isn’t enough capacity for all of them to run to Greenbelt. That’s because when Metro designed the Yellow Line, it was hard to imagine neighborhoods like Shaw and U Street developing as rapidly as they did. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Unfair alquiler
Weasel around rent control; Little levees for Metro; It’s not just Metro’s closing time; More green for the Greenway; Making the grade by opting out; Haven for homeless youth; A Brompton is not a bike; Race in rentals; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Yes, you have to build housing
You promised affordable housing; Losing your joint; Low housing alert; Hassles of housing; Bike lanes for Irving Street?; The price of Purple delays; A better Amtrak; Sexual harassment, too; The loopiest bus. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Derailment could be a crime
Criminal charges for going off the rails?; Another pedestrian fatality; What’s the White House worth?; ANC on SunTrust; Another delay for Barry Farm; From cutters to condos; Deliveries in a flash for Virginians; More housing morsels…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting housing regulation right
Regulating DCRA; Where there’s smoke?; How you gonna pay the rent?; The Tide turns 5; Wait for it … in an Uber room; More housing for Michigan Park; Baltimore’s new boats; EmergencyBnB; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Deadly fire in Silver Spring
Silver Spring up in flames; Bike lanes? ANC says no thanks; How to make office parks work; Purple still pushing along; Columbia Heights on crime; Another MetroAccess assault; No PAC bump; Can’t contain shipping container homes; And…. Keep reading…
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What do 80,000 people in a square mile look like? Depends on where you put them.
When we talk about dense housing, many think of New York City skyscrapers, or Soviet blocks. But as images maps of different neighborhoods in DC show, not all density looks the same. Keep reading…
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Google Maps gives DC the 3D treatment
For a number of years now, Google Maps has let you check out the buildings and topography of most medium to large cities, and increasingly even smaller towns, in 3D — but not DC. Now, nearly all of the District and parts of Arlington come in three dimensions. Keep reading…
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50% of DC residents live on only 20% of the land
Also, a quarter lives on just 7% of it. I made these maps to illustrate that. Keep reading…
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The Hebrew Home’s neighbors want density and affordability
Neighbors of Petworth’s Hebrew Home, which will soon be redeveloped, recently spoke up about what they’d like to see happen with the property. They want a dense building, lots of affordable housing, and better, more sustainable uses of the surrounding public space. Keep reading…