Posts tagged Columbia
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Breakfast links: For Rent
The rent is too high; Affordable housing saved; Affordable housing gone; DC’s changing demographics; ANCs losing weight; New plans for Columbia; I-66 going up; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Correlation is not gentrification
Gentrification by the numbers; Living wage debate restarts; Just tickets for cyclist death; DeBlasio plans to increase housing supply; As base grows, so does Columbia; Loudoun contemplating Silver Line loan; NYC releases safe streets design guide; And…. Keep reading…
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Baltimore’s suburban downtowns emerge as more urban
Bethesda, Silver Spring, and Arlington are some of the best suburban downtowns in America. Baltimore’s suburbs, by comparison, have lagged behind. But with large infill projects coming to Towson and Columbia, Baltimore’s most walkable suburbs may soon catch up with DC’s. In Towson, 1500 new residential units have opened in the past 4 years, with… Keep reading…
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Though a rare breed, suburban bicyclists tough it out
In outer-ring DC suburbs designed without them in mind, a surprising number of brave souls are getting around by bike, willingly mixing with cars and trucks on busy, fast highways. Upon my return to Silver Spring from Philadelphia for the holidays, I found myself driving much more than I’m used to in the course of Christmas shopping. While I anticipated a lot of car… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Greater greater Maryland
Curfew alternative in Montgomery; Election free-for-all; Take a bus to the show; Soccer field a key goal; Angelou objects to King paraphrase; Ward 8 wants construction jobs; Henderson vs. parents; And…. Keep reading…
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“Youth cafes” could provide social and learning spaces
Montgomery County’s proposed curfew and ongoing concerns about crime in Silver Spring have resurrected the age-old debate over how to keep young people occupied. County Councilmember Nancy Navarro (D-Colesville) and local non-profit IMPACT Silver Spring are trying out one solution, so-called “youth cafes” that provide an informal, supervised hangout… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Raising the charge
DC residents want tax hike; Bethesda could charge for Saturday parking; Taxi surcharge needn’t be so narrow; Alexandria wants green space from DoD; Howard County to improve Rt 1; Mapping DC’s public art; Rhee defends test scores; Bikesharing hot in hot places; And…. Keep reading…
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Downtown Silver Spring provides freedom for couple
Reader David Fronapfel sent us this letter on Friday evening about his experience becoming a walking, biking and transit-riding resident of a mixed-use neighborhood. I’ve just returned home from a great commute, and am in the best mood I’ve been in all day. How many people say that regularly? My girlfriend and I grew up in, and until recently, used to live in the… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Concealed intentions
Bag inspections not really optional; TX Rep wants to carry concealed weapon in DC; Streetcar substation problems on H Street; Gen Yers don’t want McMansions; LaHood defends HSR; See a film about Columbia, Maryland; Driver who killed cyclist gets 8 years; What to do with school boards?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go and stop on HSR
90 minutes to Richmond; No HSR for Palo Alto; Columbia for transit; Safe bike parking at school; What is the “area” for affordable housing?; Zoning marathon in PG; Potomac Yard neighbors protest taxes; Fight graffiti with art; And…. Keep reading…