Posts tagged Dupont Circle
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Events: Join fellow GGWash readers at the National Building Museum
As part of the new GGWash social events schedule, we are planning a trip to the National Building Museum (401 F St NW) with fellow urbanists! If you have never heard of it, the National Building Museum is one of the coolest museums in DC, and it's focused on architecture, design, and urban planning Keep reading…
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What we can learn from the history of DC’s circles and squares
From the 1870s up to the present day, competing interests—erecting monuments and memorials, preserving space for civic recreation, and catering to vehicular traffic—have led to drastic changes in our shared public spaces. Keep reading…
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How should DC weigh a protected bikeway versus parking in Dupont?
In 2005, the District Department of Transportation published MoveDC, an ambitious plan which included a future protected bikeway network including on 21st Street between western Dupont Circle and the National Mall. Now, 14 years later, DDOT is working to design and ultimately build this portion. Keep reading…
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Events: Hear ye, hear ye, speak up at DC’s budget and performance oversight hearings!
Speak at the DC performance oversight and budget hearings, discuss how to address the region's homelessness and affordable housing needs, weigh in on Montgomery County's budget as well as Dupont Circle bike lanes, and more in this week's urbanist events. Keep reading…
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Residents and two museums take different sides at a contentious meeting about a Dupont bike lane
How can DC best get people on bikes safely through the west side of Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom? If people have been parking their cars nearly for free for years, do they have a right to veto changes to a street? Keep reading…
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Where are “sneckdowns” in your neighborhood?
When there's a significant snow, we can see where motor vehicles are driving on the roads because they push the snow aside. The spots where this doesn't happen shows us where there's extra pavement that might be better used in other ways. These are called “sneckdowns.” Keep reading…
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Events: More bicycle lanes please!
Our calendar doesn't have very many events this week, but mark your planners for a GGWash “fireside chat” next Friday at noon about how government can take better risks. Is there a great urbanist event going on this week that we don't know about? Let us know in the comments! Keep reading…
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Is underground housing a bad thing?
The Scottish Rite Masonic temple in Dupont Circle plans to build apartments on some empty space behind its building. One element of the project is two levels of apartments below the ground level. This has raised the question: is underground living an abomination, or something people can choose to pay for as they wish? Keep reading…
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Our 2018 endorsements for Advisory Neighborhood Commissions in Ward 2
When tourists visit DC, they spend most of their time in Ward 2 — it’s home to Georgetown, Dupont and Logan Circles, downtown, and the Mall. But for those of you who call these places home, this November you have a number of candidates to choose between for local office. Keep reading…
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Scooters aren’t to blame for crashes — car-centric streets are
On Friday, September 21 a person riding a scooter was struck and killed by an SUV driver in Dupont Circle, the first fatality of a person on a rented scooter according to DDOT records. The tragedy sparked the usual handwringing over the danger of the devices, and comments about the persistence of victim-blaming. Keep reading…