Posts tagged Georgetown
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Breakfast links: Keeping it moving
Metro’s misfortunes; Blue Bus becomes Circulator 9/1; Bus stop consolidation very tough politically; BRAC imminent; Security sprawl; Washington Monument competition too modern?; Repeat after me. Keep reading…
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DDOT selects Capital Bikeshare locations
DDOT has announced a preliminary set of locations for its 100 Capital Bikeshare stations (via TheWashCycle): Keep reading…
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Boy’s death in Georgetown spurs debate over traffic safety
The boy that was struck by a woman driving her car near the intersection of Wisconsin and 33rd St. died yesterday. This has led at least one news source to question whether that intersection is safe without traffic lights or stop signs. The question of who is more at fault for the tragedy has not been publicly answered. WJLA has eyewitness reports that the child ran into the street… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Hot and bothered
Very bad day for vertical transport; Golfers irate at pro-bicycle management; You can’t air condition the outdoors; It was better before?; Bikes less limited on Capitol Limited; In Arlington, now; Tourist pedestrian child dies; Road projects on hold. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Go for safety
Safety fixes approved; Bus thief made a convincing driver; Hot and on the wrong track; East Falls Church accepted; Riemer only endorsed challenger; Parking czar?; ARTful improvements; Public street, no photography. Keep reading…
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Streetcars preserve, not spoil, historic cities
On Tuesday, the DC Council held a hearing on the bill to allow overhead wires for a streetcar line on H Street and Benning Road. Ken Archer gave some particularly powerful testimony at the hearing about overhead wires, what makes DC special, why he lives here, and what “preserving” a historic city really means. My name is Ken Archer. I live in Georgetown with… Keep reading…
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Then and Now: Georgetown’s Jenkins Market
Residents on the 3000 block of Q Street, NW, have enjoyed a market in their community for over 90 years. Though the modern world tends to favor larger supermarkets, there are many neighborhood markets in Washington that indicate there is still a niche need they fulfill. The property at 3008 Q Street, NW, became a market on February 21, 1919 when the property’s real estate… Keep reading…
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CVS brings transparency to Georgetown
A few weeks ago, Phillip Kennicott wrote a nice piece in the Washington Post about the death of the shop window in Washington. The thrust of the piece was that more and more, stores are blocking up their front windows in order to increase their shelf space. Around town, nobody seems to be more of a purveyor of these blocked windows than CVS. And so it’s a pleasant surprise that… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: George and his town
Will it be George?; Georgetown endorses streetcars, mostly; “Complete Streets, incomplete BRAC”; Gray better with Twitter, except on policy; On the rails; Federally; Narrow streets yourself. Keep reading…
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Afternoon links: Gotta lotta news
June’s service disruptions; Crash on K; “The park is parked”; What a cyclist sees; Virginians packing Amtrak; Roaring for bike sharing; The one good MLK Library view; Greater grocers; Even more ART; The other late-night change; Safe cars buried, then destroyed. Keep reading…