Posts tagged Eastern Market
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Join us at the 2014 Smart Growth Social
For October, the Greater Greater Washington happy hour comes to DC’s Eastern Market, with a twist. We’re joining up with the Coalition for Smarter Growth for their 2014 Smart Growth Social where you can enjoy drinks and pupusas and talk with Gabe Klein! The event is at Eastern Market, 225 7th St SE, from 6:30-8:30 pm on Wednesday, October 15. It does require a $25 ticket,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Trusty transportation
Transportation funding until May; Eight-car Blues; Silver doesn’t sparkle?; Lots of advice; Cabbies unionize; Food trucks have changed; Two new Corcoran proposals; Eastern Markets lease woes; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Democracy in action and inaction
Speed cameras all the time; No democracy at Eastern Market; Slow down Maryland Ave; Gas delays green street; Hillandale yellin’ over Yellen guards; Georgetown could lose gas stations; Where do the embassies go?; More tickets in bike lanes; Crashes are deadlier than war; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Safety first
On the trail; Idaho Stops may be safer; Orange cones, no phones; Surviving earth, wind, and fire; Poverty in new places; Eastern Market more like 7-Eleven; Reinvigorating Crystal City; Casino’s signs worry neighbors; And…. Keep reading…
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Events roundup: Shutdown edition
The federal government may be closed, but this week you can still talk about the future of Franklin Park, celebrate walkable urbanism with the Coalition for Smarter Growth and author Jeff Speck, and explore Bus Rapid Transit on Rockville Pike at events across the region. Join us for happy hour: Tonight, join GGW contributors and readers for the latest installment of our regular… Keep reading…
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Can Eastern Market park become a gathering place?
Barracks Row Main Street is studying ways to redesign the public space around the Eastern Market Metro station. While many neighbors see the potential to make a great gathering place, others don’t want anything to change at all. Architect Amy Weinstein of Esocoff & Associates is leading the Congressionally-funded Eastern Market Metro Park study, which will explore… Keep reading…
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Hine project will build a livelier Capitol Hill
David Garber, Near Southeast resident and ANC commissioner, has written an excellent letter supporting the proposed Hine school development at Eastern Market Metro. He addresses arguments from some other residents who have been pushing hard to shrink, limit, or entirely block the project. The ANC has multiple meetings on this project in coming weeks. If you live, work or shop… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: On the cheap
Yes, non-BRT is cheaper than decent BRT; Concrete not good enough; Hine shrinks; Food trucks a problem in Rosslyn?; Clang, clang, clang; School to townhouses; Rowhouses to retail; Not enough money for water; MoCo gets a little safer; Who are the worst drivers?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Life getting easier for littlest peds
Walk to School [Every]Day; Kids will walk safer in PG; Zipcar parks elsewhere; Leggett hot for sprawl; Geoff catches a bicycle thief; Eastern Market vendors fear rent increases; MoCo politicos resents gerrymandering; Help with the zoning rewrite… for money; And…. Keep reading…
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Architecture should create sense of place, not “flair”
Erik Weber wrote enthusiastically about two designs by the Mexican architecture firm of TEN Arquitectos. Pieces of flair are appropriate in certain settings. But in historic neighborhoods, architects should ground new construction, especially if it is large, in a “respect of place.” Certainly there is a place for “modern” design… Keep reading…