Posts tagged Georgetown
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Breakfast links: Jobs and education for DC
Ensuring jobs for DC’s own; Graduate School to anchor waterfront; DC area dorms among best and worst; Metro faces serious backlog; Zero real plots against Metro; ANCs eschew liquor bans; PG may lose development oversight; From the desk of Vince Gray; And…. Keep reading…
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ANC making unfair demands on Georgetown transportation
Monday night, Georgetown ANC approved recommendations concerning the University’s 10 Year Campus Plan. This includes the usual complaints about students living off-campus, but also dedicates four pages to concerns about transportation-related issues including objections to campus shuttles traversing the neighborhood. Neighbors have long complained that… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cuts have an impact
911 drops calls during furlough; High school closures a possiblity; VA pols fight WMATA cut; DC cuts solar energy help; Are neighbors an obstacle to great higher ed?; WABA plans Ward 8 outreach; Why don’t grocery stores have congestion pricing?; Reducing zoning increases parking rules; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Development starting to roll
Leesburg is form-based; A better place to slug; Vacant building and gas station no more; Montgomery gets big projects, transit-oriented and not; Arlington is the healthiest; Car sharing gone from Wilson Building; Bill Nye, the high-speed rail guy. Keep reading…
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Rock Creek Park trails slated for fixes
The National Park Service and DDOT hope to make Rock Creek’s pedestrian and bicycle trails better by adding some connections, fixing some problem spots, and possibly widening the trail. At an a public meeting, NPS and DDOT presented alternatives from their Environmental Assessment for three areas. On the Rock Creek Park Trail (RCPT), there are two options besides a no-build… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Taxes get plaudits
Bag tax doesn’t harm DC business; Tax hikes on table in MD; Georgetowners want “sanctions” against students; Gray backs Rhee’s firings; City vehicle leases get scrutiny; Two options for Union Station entrance; Sea level rise worst in Chesapeake; And…. Keep reading…
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Now and not so long ago: Prospect and Wisconsin
Today, the southwest corner of Prospect Street and Wisconsin Avenue houses a Restoration Hardware. In 1993, it was a Roy Rogers. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hate the Redskins (even more)
Snyder sues WCP, draws attention to his bad press; Snyder gets view, park loses trees; 395 HOT lanes out; Plazas could fight crime at Truxton Circle; How useful is the Circulator website?; Are you a car-free skeptic?; Streetcars4DC reviews report; And…. Keep reading…
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On-campus housing not the answer for Georgetown
In “GU takes student ghetto approach to housing undergrads,” Ken Archer argues that Georgetown University has created a “student ghetto” by failing to guarantee undergraduates four years of on-campus housing. In response, he suggests four locations where the University should build “multi-use” facilities behind the gates. However,… Keep reading…