Posts tagged Development
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Bridging a 138-year-old divide suits L’Enfant’s spirit
NCPC will debate whether “closing” portions of three nonexistent “paper streets” along the Anacostia waterfront adequately respects the L’Enfant Plan. The way to best fulfill the spirit of the L’Enfant Plan, however, would be to focus on connecting the Barney Circle neighborhood to the waterfront. The railroad first separated the two when it was built in 1872, and the freeway… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Let’s roll
Wiehle turning; Metro momentum; High turnover or high demand?; Barnes Dance in Chinatown?; What Cohen says about their project; WTOP on top of bike safety; Planning can go in both directions; And…. Keep reading…
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NCPC worries about viewsheds in waterfront development
Thrusday’s National Capital Planning Commission meeting will consider a project along the Anacostia waterfront between the 11th Street bridges and the CSX railroad. Staff have objected to closing parts of “paper street” segments of Virginia Avenue, M Street, and 14th Street, SE. The project, at 1333 M Street, SE, would build a large hotel and office building… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Spaces and trees
Space that’s green but little else; Give the kids some space; Trees please; The Gaithers-somewhat-less-bungled; NYC trying bus cameras; We need a good Amtrak; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Make the point
The graph that moves backward; Sarles should push harder, ride buses; MA’s bicycle Republican; Construction pushes peds into street; War on grand staircases; Sun rising on East Campus; Iconic bus map?. Keep reading…
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Silver Spring school leaving, could become 75 homes
With most of their students coming from outside Montgomery, the Chelsea School will leave Downtown Silver Spring in 2012 and has sold their property on Pershing Drive to a local developer hoping to build up to 75 new townhomes there. Representatives from the private, special-needs school met with neighbors at a meeting of the adjacent Seven Oaks-Evanswood Civic Association… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Healthier living
DC schools may get healthier, soda more pricey; NG cost trumps employee preferences; One determined ticket-fighter; Keep riding on; Budget not better for everyone; Amy Polk, crash victim; Cycle crash in Reston; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links and deep thoughts
Airport carts analogous to cars?; Boston vs. DC or resident vs. driver?; Park all evening but not for free; Two tracks, phew; Clunkers policy a clunker; Crash victim speaks; Sarles speaks, acts. Keep reading…
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Hans Riemer discusses White Flint, Wheaton, and eastern Montgomery County
Hans Riemer is an at-large candidate for the Montgomery County Council. At his campaign kickoff, I was impressed with his vision for Smart Growth in Montgomery County. Recently, he was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions. 1. What details about the newly approved White Flint Sector Plan will require the most attention and consensus-building? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Green and moving
FBI might move to Greenbelt?; Barracks or community garden?; Adroit opposition keeps LeDroit static; Dose of bad news for pedestrians; He lied, but didn’t assault; Bike parking USA; Plop art?; No Phone Zone. Keep reading…