Posts tagged Downtown Dc

  • First Capital Criterium bike race next weekend

    A criterium is a cycling race held on a closed short course. Unlike the Tour de France, where you stand alongside the road and see all the riders pass by only once, at a criterium you can stand by the road and watch the riders pass by a number of times.  You can also easily move to different locations so you can see the riders in turns, on straightaways, and on an upslope. The turns are tight,…  Keep reading…

  • FBI building has few friends

    The FBI Building creates a “dead zone” in the middle of downtown DC, with oppressive, blank walls on four very large block faces. In its National Capital Framework Plan, NCPC suggests tearing it down and redeveloping the block into newer federal offices above street-level retail.   Keep reading…

  • Breakfast links: Safety and civic betterment edition

    Safety up as gas prices up: Traffic deaths were already down 4.2% year over year around the beginning of the year, and dropped about 20% more for March and April, reports the Post, though the drop hasn’t yet reached Maryland’s stats.  Keep reading…

  • Median proposed for Conn. Ave. streetscape

    The Golden Triangle BID hired the consultants HNTB to conduct a streetscape study for Connecticut Avenue between Farragut and Dupont. That stretch has some of DC’s fanciest stores and extremely heavy foot traffic, and should therefore be a prime shopping and restaurant district. But the street itself leaves much to be desired, with relatively few trees and some very wide,…  Keep reading…

  • Brunch links: times they are a-changin’ edition

    Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of the empty Federal Triangle: The GSA is considering a public-private partnership for the underutilized Old Post Office building. Redevelopment might include restaurants, residences and/or a hotel in place of or in addition to the current government offices (while preserving the building, of course). Eleanor Holmes Norton is pushing a bill to…  Keep reading…

  • Where should the buses go instead?

    DCist front-pages some thoughtful comments about the bus loading issue. The one making fun of DC bureaucrats is vapid, but the others make a valuable point: it’s good to have the buses load and unload near offices and hotels, in areas with restaurants and shops so the bus riders can patronize the businesses, and in lively streets to give riders a good impression of DC.  Keep reading…

  • The Blue Line and downtown jobs

    Students from the GMU School of Public Policy released a report on “Access and Circulation on the National Mall.” It contains this graphic, showing the locations of jobs (as of 2002, hence the low numbers of jobs in areas like NoMA and the missing NY Ave station) and Metro stations.   Keep reading…

  • (Im)Permanent Building update

    Jack Jacobson provided me with some more details on the National Permanent Building landmark rejection. (In alphabetical order) Chairman Tersh Boasberg, Robert Sonderman, and Joseph Taylor voted in favor; opposed were Andrew Aurbach, Elinor Bacon, Catherine Buell, Maria Casarella, and James Kane; John Vlach was not present.  Keep reading…

  • National Permanent Building not so permanent

    The Historic Preservation Review Board has rejected the landmark application for the National Permanent Building at 1775 Pennsylvania Ave NW, according to Dupont ANC Commissioner Jack Jacobson. In doing so, they have gone against their staff recommendation and sided with the Dupont ANC, which passed a resolution opposing the landmarking.  Keep reading…

  • Armenian Genocide museum retail? Yes

    I wondered last week if the Armenian Genocide Museum planned for 14th and G will use its existing storefronts for actual retail. According to the HPO staff report that was approved by HPRB last week, the museum will restore the historic storefronts in the building. Steve Callcott of HPO also told me that at least some of the storefronts will actually be retail; HPO is pushing for all of…  Keep reading…

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