Posts tagged Georgetown
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Breakfast links: Emergency responses
Major changes for firefighters; Metro braves the snow; Traffic cameras to find terrorists; Is Georgetown really in trouble?; Downtown residents face unique problems; Line forms for apartments; Wells of 2 minds on bundling; Put all the states on your wall; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Challenges
MoCo big box bill unconstitutional?; “Science City” really just JHU profit city?; Safeway could block Skyland Walmart; Georgetown ok with Glover Park streetscape; Can RFK parking lots become ball fields?; Preservationists should be “picky”; Congress wants bike-ped shrunk in TIGER. Keep reading…
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Town-gown planning can be more constructive
The DC Zoning Commission will hold its final hearing tonight on the Georgetown University campus plan. Some neighborhood groups and ANC 2E continue to strongly oppose the plan, despite a number of concessions on the part of the university. Does DC’s campus planning process actually help solve problems or just create strife? The process does not encourage effective dialogue… Keep reading…
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Georgetown ANC ignores democracy to fight campus plan
Later today, several commissioners from Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E will present a 35-page report on the Georgetown University 2010 Campus Plan to the DC Zoning Commission. But the ANC never voted on the report, and some of its own elected members didn’t see it until it was filed. The ANC already has significantly influenced the Campus Plan and steered the DC Office… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Boo[ndoggles]
Shootings mar Halloween; TE “boondoggles” never got funded; Evans’ firm represented hotel partner; 3 years to MoCo BRT?; Metro ridership going down; New Tourmobile now, Circulator later; Tenants purchase building after fight; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Suburban moods
Tysons, a transit and walking wasteland; Arlington isn’t going anywhere; Toll builders pay to play; Georgetown v. neighbors v. Post; AdMo streetscape not pleasing all; Cost of housing up; NVTC still waiting for capital money; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The new line
Circulator crosses the river; Waldorf wants light rail (not Metro); HP shouldn’t be a weapon; U and King Streets are great; Booth map gets better; “Super NoVA” transportation study starts; Bowser squeezes Orange; Republicans not kicking DC (much); And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Governments get the message
MPD issues cyclist mea culpa; Maryland getting tougher on bad drivers; Housing prices are more than supply and demand; Whither the young preservationists?; Arlington hires celebrity planner; ANCs make their own rules; Some stations have 4th, 5th, and 6th rails; Is Southwest DC historic enough?; It’s curtains for the Lincoln Theatre; And…. Keep reading…
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Give DC residents access to Roosevelt Island with a ferry
Roosevelt Island is a DC recreational asset and it’s tantalizingly close to Georgetown. But far from easy to access for most DC residents. A ferry from Georgetown could solve that problem. Last weekend, as I was taking in the newly-completed Georgetown waterfront park, my eyes (as well as many of the eyes of my fellow layabouts) were drawn to Roosevelt Island. It sits so… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hike
Council raises income tax; DC bond rating precarious; Happy birthday CaBi!; Meet the transit police; Taxi drivers sue for larger voice; Davis wins in PG; $100 million for commuter parking lots; Waterfront park a big improvement; And…. Keep reading…