Posts tagged Embassies
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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: Sorry!
Metro apologizes; Traffic deaths rise; Who uses the 495 Express Lanes?; Not your father’s Beltway commute; DC area as Millennial magnet; Is community organizing a jobs engine?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Shhh…
Shhh… Spy Museum plans move; Looming government shutdown; PenPlace wins approval; Capital Bikeshare turns 3; NYC bike mode share hits 1%; New head for Metro oversight group; Arlington is the richest; Americans prepare for climate change; Traffic is you!; And…. Keep reading…
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Arlington wants input on new temporary park
Arlington will create a pop-up park in Clarendon on land donated by the Korean Embassy, one of several being built in the neighborhood. Now, they want your help deciding what goes in it. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Youth today
Drive less; Tech, don’t drive; The youth vote; Fire on the train; Height limit heats up; Taxis pass those with disabilities; We will bury you!; Phase 2 builder selected; Korean Embassy offers up land; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: New plans for old places
St. E’s plans unveiled; Plans for Walter Reed; See 4 taxi color choices soon; Don’t always stop for cyclists?; Speak up; Shuttle around track work; Yankee stadium parking is a bust; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Groundhog Day
6 more weeks of… winter?; House transpo bill to markup; Metro finds more cracks; Not terribly deliberate speed; Main drag a drag; Food deserts not a huge issue?; Public safety and history collide; Preservation group didn’t stall Met Branch; And…. Keep reading…
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Neighborhood concrete problems get fixed
The Republic of the Congo has begun removing its unauthorized paving at the insistence of DDOT and the State Department, and DDOT restored a pedestrian walkway on Irving Street after residents complained. Let’s thank our public officials for getting these small but important neighborhood issues fixed. Over at 16th and Corcoran, the Congo had a deadline of December 17,… Keep reading…
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State Dept. tells Congo to remove unauthorized paving
The US Department of State has instructed the Republic of Congo to restore the front yard of their new chancery to planted green space. In a recent letter, the State Department says it “expects the Embassy to comply” with a DDOT request to return the yard to landscaping. The embassy paved over the entire front yard of the historic Toutorsky Mansion, at 16th and Riggs… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting what you don’t want
Friendship Heights gets power, not residents; Congo gets a protest over front yard; Issa giveth and taketh away for DC; Gray supports globe on freeway idea; Deal makes Silver Line to Dulles likely; Windshield perspective gets creative; Bad trail; Keeping up on corruption; And…. Keep reading…