Posts tagged Deanwood
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Solar Decathlon home will house a Deanwood family
The Solar Decathlon is largely about using cutting-edge technology and materials to create homes that draw no net energy from the power grid. For one team, though, it’s also about providing housing to the community. The “Empowerhouse” was designed by a team comprised of Parsons The New School for Design, Milano School of International Affairs, Management… Keep reading…
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It’s parks AND recreation, not just recreation
The National Park Service lets down DC residents in many ways when it comes to managing the many neighborhood parks in DC. However, unfortunately DC’s Department of Parks and Recreation hasn’t yet shown it can do a lot better when it comes to maintaining parks. In some ways, they certainly do better. DC-run parks are often far better designed for the needs of residents,… Keep reading…
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A liquor license reveals challenges with living on the border
Residents who live near DC’s border have Maryland residents as neighbors, but local laws often act as though nothing but desert lies beyond Western, Eastern, and Southern Avenues. In Ward 7’s Deanwood community, residents are protesting a liquor license in their neighborhood, but any decision will ignore a critical element: Capitol Heights, Maryland. Uncle… Keep reading…
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Ward 7 residents define “livability” for their streets
A cross-section of residents in north Ward 7 gathered recently to help the District Department of Transportation and its consultants put a pin in the oft-used term “livability” at the second meeting of the Far Northeast Livability Study. In transit and smart growth circles, livability means multimodal transportation, transit-oriented development, and a Complete… Keep reading…
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For ANC in Ward 7
In a ward that usually has ANC races with no one running for some of the single-member districts, it is refreshing to see so many contested races. While there are six SMDs with no candidates, each ANC in Ward 7 at least has one contested SMD race. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Site debate
Strategic areas for tall buildings?; Gas station worse next to community pool or Metro?; Fix it; More Council votes; Youth driving less because…; No grocery store since…; DIY subway; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On a mission
$18M for snow, $1B for railcars; Shovel in Deanwood; Real estate mission delayed; Hoboken fixing parking by improving other modes; LaHood is reading!; No more Lincoln Memorial (or trolley car). Keep reading…
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Lost Washington: Benning Race Track
While the idea of a racetrack was originally formulated by the Washington Jockey Club in the late 1880s, it was not until the Benning Race Track opened on Tuesday, April 1, 1890, that the club was able to fulfill this goal. Washington Jockey Club ad (from the Times, March 29, 1900) Opening day attendance consisted of about 2,000 racing fans. In general, the opening did not… Keep reading…
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DDOT decides not to extend Minnesota Avenue
In 2007, DDOT studied the possibility of connecting Minnesota Avenue, NE between Sheriff Road and Meade Street. Minnesota Avenue runs along the railroad and Orange Line tracks through Ward 7, but with a gap of about a third of a mile. Plans for the area dating back to the 1930s envisioned a connecting segment, but one was never built. Last week, however, DDOT announced its decision not… Keep reading…