Posts tagged Density
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Breakfast links: Be thankful
The worst is over; Transit transforms Tysons; Watch for crossing pedestrians; Make it look little; Where do the homeless go?; Safety first, Metro; Escalators rising; Trains beat planes, but…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Half full, half empty
No rush cuts; No Metro for you; Revenue woes; On a silver platter; Let them in; Arlington, do it my way; Protesting PP; Tunnel and terminal; And…. Keep reading…
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This building is way too short
Along Florida Avenue between U Street and California, at the southern edge of Adams Morgan, there’s a block-long strip of retail containing Pleasant Pops, Mint, and until recently, Hans Pedr’ Kaffe. It’s also missing something big: housing on top. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What’s fair?
Frequency doesn’t equal fares; No public trust for big projects; Urban farming’s DC debut; Fee for PG; Bike in MD; A home built for bikes; Graduation rates up in DC; Inclusionary density for SF; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Who bears the burden?
The wheels on the bus go … somewhere else; Too much trash; It’s not a slam dunk; Back in the old days; Helping the homeless; High-speed step; Parking is never free; Streetcar deja vu. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hello?
Can you hear me now?; DC loves rowhouses; Pope prep; Road diets in the works; Slow down in Old Town; Reston founder at rest; Make Dulles less dull; Richmond to Raleigh rail; Biking down, driving up; And…. Keep reading…
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Opposition to housing in HBO’s “Show Me a Hero” sounds eerily familiar
In the second episode of the miniseries Show Me a Hero, which premiered on HBO last Sunday, angry crowds — all white — protest at a Yonkers, NY city council meeting discussing a plan to put a measly 200 low-income households in the more affluent parts of the city. Many people watching surely believe that they wouldn’t be throwing diapers at the council if they had been in Yonkers… Keep reading…
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This map shows which parts of the DC area are really “urban” and “suburban”
Where does “the city” start and end? Some might say it’s the District line. But in reality, the lines between “city” and “suburb” are more unclear than you think. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Stand by
The NTSB report is out; Not cool; Empty office parks; Goodbye, flag; Go fishing; Ahead of the curve; Elevate; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Power to the people
No rainbow representation; Shaw pilot; Hot in here; Pointing fingers; Mulder delayed; Mind the gap; Jarvis is my co-pilot; 200 years in 2 minutes. Keep reading…