Posts tagged Gifts
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Ready for holiday shopping? Here are some urbanist holiday gifts for kids, from local merchants
Back for 2018, here's a roundup from our contributors of urbanist gift ideas for kids. In prior years, we have rounded up baby railfan-specific suggestions and more general classics. This year, we've got some ideas for how to shop local in our own great region. Keep reading…
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Urbanist-themed gifts for kids
At the end of the day, cities are all about people, and we raise pro-city humanists when we show generosity and empathy— like through giving! Just in time for Hannukah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa, I’ve put together some gift ideas for the little ones in your life. Keep reading…
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Need a last-minute urbanist gift? Here are some ideas.
Looking for last minute holiday gift ideas? We’ve got you covered! Here’s what our contributors suggested when I asked for items related to transportation, cities, urbanism, and our region itself. For the home Vintage DC Streetcar poster: A poster photo of a DC streetcar from the 1890s shows what public transit looked like over a hundred year ago. It’s… Keep reading…
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Ask GGW: What are good gifts for budding young railfans?
Did you enjoy playing with trainsets as a kid? Were you excited when you rode a train for the first time? This week, our own David Alpert looked to us to see what he could get for his young nephew who’s a budding railfan. My young nephew, who lives in suburbia, visited DC recently and loved the Metro. He was fascinated by the map and said he wanted to ride one of he lines from one… Keep reading…
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Gift ideas for the DC urbanist
Is there an urbanist in your life? Of course there is; you’re reading this blog. Here are a bunch of great gift ideas to satisfy your favorite urban geek, or maybe add to your own wish list. Keep reading…
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Last minute gift ideas for urbanists
If you’re a responsible adult, you’ve already finished all your holiday shopping. If you’re like me, you’ve still got some to do. So here are some gift ideas for the urbanists in your life, all from brick-and-mortar stores in DC that you can visit today or tomorrow. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Meet the new boss
Foxx for DOT; A gift to ethics; Franklin School draws interest; Will autonomy survive?; Concrete blame game; Last stop for gas; Transportation trends; Plant a tree. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Big steps for Metro
Metro recommends Red Line fix; Metrobus changes coming; More open data in DC; Evans wants to bring ‘Skins back; Fairfax ponders road takeover; Federal pay freeze would add up in DC; Alternate Metro map poster for sale; DC owed millions in property taxes; And…. Keep reading…
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Celebrate Black Friday, urbanist style
While everyone else is has been in line since 3am drooling over a new iPad, 3D TV, or Zhu Zhu pets, you can enjoy Black Friday from the comfort of your home with our list of must-haves for every urbanist. Lego Public Transport Station - $100 - Lego may have been the only thing in Denmark not to have beaten American cities to the TOD fad, but hey, they probably sell most of their products… Keep reading…