Posts tagged Gallery Place
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Breakfast links: Metro safety audit finds railcar inspection, worker safety problems
Metro audit finds trains running that fail inspections, worker safety hazards. DC breaks ground on the Potomac River Tunnel project. Montgomery County Planning Board approves 450-unit residential tower in Silver Spring Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Chinatown task force pitches 7,000 housing units, pedestrian walkway
Task force proposes eight ideas to improve Gallery Place-Chinatown. Cargo ship that caused Key Bridge collapse could be refloated by end of this week. Plans filed for 68-unit townhouse and condo development in downtown Bethesda. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Maryland House passes Governor Moore’s housing expansion bill
Governor Moore’s housing expansion and affordability bill passes Maryland House. MRP Realty to buy Gallery Place and turn over a portion to Monumental Sports & Entertainment. Maryland gets $60 million in initial federal Key Bridge relief; overall need likely to drain federal emergency relief fund. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Downtown Red Line closures begin
For downtown businesses and arts organizations, partial Red Line shutdown feels like a Scrooge move. Traffic, inadequate transit, and uncertain ROI top Alexandrians’ concerns over the stadium deal. Mayor Bowser convenes Capital One Arena task force. Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: City curves
Enjoy the pops of color and light in this week’s Photo Friday, compiled with images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: The Metro!
Enjoy the pops of color and light in this week’s Photo Friday, compiled with images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Keep reading…
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Jumbotron real-time transit screens: Now in DC, New York, and Boston (and maybe more)
Really large real-time transit arrival signs are popping up around the country. Keep reading…
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Check out this mesmerizing time-lapse video of Metro
With all of the kerfuffle around the Purple Line and fare prices and arcing insulators, we forget that Metro can also be…beautiful. Keep reading…
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An unwelcome rider on Metro’s platform
To my eye, more rats and rodents appear to be within the Metro than in past years. But is the number actually going up? Nobody knows. Keep reading…
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Metro put up big red boxes to stop people bypassing the fare gates
If you ride Metro with any regularity, I'm sure you've seen a person or two walk straight through the swinging metal gates next to the gates where you swipe your SmarTrip card. At Gallery Place and Fort Totten, there are now signs, cardboard barriers, and alarms in place to make people think twice before they do that. Keep reading…