Posts tagged Georgetown
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Old survey maps show Georgetown around 1903
The Library of Congress has a fascinating resource called “Researching Historic Washington, DC Buildings,” which includes dozens of links to databases and collections with reams of information on old DC buildings. One collection is a digitized version of Baist’s Real Estate Atlas of Surveys for Washington, DC. It’s a highly detailed map… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Pluses and minuses
Meet “Rush Plus”; Less entrance, more closing; No decision on campus plan; No more fund; Cities should pay more?; Super walkability; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Streetcar pays
Streetcar pays for itself; Not much on state of transportation; No south exit at Dupont; Cab company shut down; Georgetown fights to keep corner grocer; HPRB nominee too “rigid”?; No more landed gentry requirement; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Speedwalking
Racial differences in walking; Lots of heat in education debate; Drawing great teachers to bad schools; Bethesda’s new gateway; A fight for DC’s memorial; Georgetown needs a plan; One City Summit for the masses; How blogs influence planning. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro money
More revenue ideas; Two Metro employees accused of stealing; CCT likely to be BRT; Shields up; Historic track preservation; Maryland smart growth tools not enough; Tenleytown Safeway still gets opposition; What crazy drivers do; The smaller American home; And…. Keep reading…
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Retailers are embracing urbanism with zeal
As enclosed malls continue to decline and close, more and more retailers are opting to locate in pedestrian-friendly urban districts. 3 years ago, I expressed sentiments that the car-oriented shopping mall was a business model with no future. The events since have offered further proof that retailers and customers now prefer an urban format, at least in our region. Recent… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Corruption creeps
Commissioner charged with fraud; Thomas casts a long shadow; Senator costs DC an election; DDOT cancels streetcar contract; Performance parking in Georgetown; Maryland prefers gas tax to sales tax; Taxi tumult over surcharges; Bus cameras show the story. Keep reading…
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Walk-up windows are good urbanism
A macaron shop looking to open in a small space in Georgetown is proposing to sell their sweets from an open window facing the sidewalk, rather than from an interior register. Customers wouldn’t actually go inside the shop, they’d merely stop outside it, and order through a large window. Hopefully the store will be approved, because walk-up windows are great urbanism. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: No money, mo problems
Water infrastructure funding running dry; MoCo’s affordable housing needs to grow; Live free or die (in DC); McDonnell jeapordizes interstate commission; Prince William cool on HOT lanes; Big pay days for DC’s merit pay teachers; The history and future of parking; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: NPS is naughty and nice
Plan improves Rock Creek trails; Norton wants peace between pedicabs & NPS; DC buys 2 more streetcars; MD, VA forgo millions in gas tax; Big box development coming to NE DC; NTSB calls for cellphone ban; Food trucks activate vacant storefronts; Build down instead of up?; Pedestrian bridges fail in India. Keep reading…