Posts tagged Dupont Circle
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Whose curb is it, anyway?
Nine curbside locations around the District will be available to reserve for commercial deliveries starting August 1, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) recently announced. The three-month pilot gives a company called curbFlow authority to manage the zones. Keep reading…
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Dupont residents criticize DDOT for cancelling plans for Connecticut Ave bike lanes
At a meeting Tuesday night, Dupont Circle residents expressed frustration that the District Department of Transportation is abandoning plans for protected bike lanes on Connecticut Avenue, at least for the near future. Keep reading…
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Events: Find a home for affordable housing in the Green New Deal
Learn about how the “Green New Deal’ and housing intersect, DDOT has updates on the Connecticut Avenue Streetscape project, and you can learn about tenant co-ops this week. Keep reading…
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Dupont Circle’s politics of no illustrates the entitlement underpinning our housing shortage
A small group of Dupont Circle residents are continuing to wage war against an apartment building proposed for the parking lot and patch of lawn next to the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Temple at 16th and S streets NW. Such community opposition to new development, especially in relatively wealthy neighborhoods, has real, material impacts on housing affordability at a regional scale. Keep reading…
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Here’s what happens when you try to build 150 apartments in Dupont
At 16th and S streets NW in Dupont Circle is a prominent Masonic building, known officially as the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry temple. The Masons want to redevelop the patch of grass and parking lot behind the building, and they’ve gotten approval from the Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2B and the Historic Preservation Review Board to do so. Keep reading…
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At Dupont’s Masonic Temple, opponents try to preserve history that never happened
A group of residents has filed a historic landmark application in a last-ditch attempt to block an apartment building on the site adjacent to the Scottish Rite Temple in Dupont Circle on 15th Street NW. But rather than arguing for the preservation of the area’s history, the applicants want to fix what they see as a historic mistake. Keep reading…
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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…