Posts tagged Downtown Dc
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Breakfast links: Le Déluge
Bike To Work In The Rain Day; Did you bike?; How many bike, and who?; How to make a Dutch turn; Narrower is better?; Valet racking; Paint it red; Time for some shut-eye; Trolling for shrimp; Pays to be late; And…. Keep reading…
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Maybe this can stop U-turns on Pennsylvania Avenue
Past efforts to stop dangerous and illegal U-turns across the Pennsylvania Avenue bike lanes have not had much success, but DC officials are ready to try a new approach with a product, known as a “Park-It,” that usually serves as a wheel stop in parking spaces. Will this do the trick? Keep reading…
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Lunch links: From battle to building
West End Library finally moves forward; Third Church offices going up; What DC can learn about alleys; Van Dorn transformation in progress; From rental to condos; No to Bloomingdale and the District?; No time soon for transit center; Post goes HOT; And…. Keep reading…
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Downtown DC could have been more like L’Enfant Plaza
Poking through the archives of the Washington Post, Tom at Ghosts of DC found a plan to sink several roads in downtown DC into trenches, build tunnels, and create a large underground parking structure beneath a big plaza where Freedom Plaza now stands. Keep reading…
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How politics sank a radical monument 105 years ago
The simple Commodore Barry monument in Franklin Square gets lost among the many dead generals of Washington. The original design was very different, but was scuttled amid battles over how much a memorial in Washington, and immigrants in American society, should maintain a clear identity or assimilate into the conventional. Keep reading…
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Curb-protected cycletracks are now appearing in DC
Two new cycletracks will open in DC this spring, on M Street NW and 1st Street NE. Their designs are a step up from previous DC cycletracks, since they each include spots — though on M, a very brief spot — where a full concrete curb separates bikes from cars. Keep reading…
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Where is the DC tech hub? It keeps moving
DC officials are trying hard to woo technology companies to DC, and one strategy to do that is to establish a place in the city with a critical mass of tech jobs. But the location officials say they are focusing on keeps moving. Before 2002, DC offered a tax break to high tech companies, as long as they located in one of multiple “high tech development zones.” Those encompassed… Keep reading…
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DC pulls back on the one bus lane it was actively planning
The snail’s pace of progress on speeding up DC’s busy bus routes has taken another step, but a step backward: A dedicated bus lane east and west across downtown has moved from being on the list of projects to build in the near future back to the purgatory of projects in planning. Elected leaders and transportation officials have been talking for several years about… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Competition heats up
Development for College Park Metro?; PG gets competitive; Bikes to get Royal treatment?; Walter Reed grocery store bids; Is Baltimore the next foodie paradise?; Can transit fix food deserts?; Better for the planet?; And…; And and…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Wide open
Did Gray know?; Catania’s in; Good times for transit ridership; Is the FBI building hackable?; Demolish or renovate?; Fence quarrel; Is “rails to trails” history?; To remain separate?; And…. Keep reading…