Posts tagged Halloween
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Photo Friday: The city in costume
Buildings and signs can wear costumes too! Check out a few of them in our Photo Friday! Compiled from images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool and posts from Instagram tagging @greater_greater_washington. Keep reading…
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Inclusionary zombies? Check out these urban planning Halloween costumes
This Halloween, urbanist Twitter in DC and across the country poked fun at confusing parking signs, celebrated the upcoming opening of the Silver Line extension, and embodied (literally) the desire for more bus and bike lanes. Keep reading…
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Don’t have a costume yet? Try our urbanist Halloween costume generator.
If you’ve procrastinated on coming up with a costume this year, we’re here to help. Check out our urbanist Halloween costume generator—just find your birth month and day. Happy Halloween from GGWash! Keep reading…
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Happy Halloween! Stay safe on these scary roads around the region.
While donning a costume and gorging on candy is pretty sweet, Halloween can be a scary time to navigate streets on foot or bicycle. Since more people are commuting in the dark, fatality rates for vulnerable road users tend to go up as days become shorter and when daylight saving time ends (this year, that’s on November 3). Keep reading…
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What’s the scariest street you’ve traveled on in the Washington region?
In light of yet another road death and DC’s Vision Zero hearing last Thursday, there’s been a renewed discussion about improving road safety recently. That got us wondering about what the most dangerous roads in the region are, or at least the ones that feel the most treacherous to you. Keep reading…
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Don’t have a costume yet? Try our urbanist Halloween costume generator.
If you’ve procrastinated on coming up with a costume this year, we’re here to help. Check out our urbanist Halloween costume generator—just find your birth month and day. Happy Halloween from GGWash! Keep reading…
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Topic of the week: What does trick-or-treating look like in your building or neighborhood?
How do different types of homes and transit options impact Halloween traditions? We asked our contributors about their experiences trick-or-treating in a variety of areas. Keep reading…
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What’s spookier than arcing insulators? Our Halloween Metro map.
We made this map because we wanted to make Metro and Halloween puns. Pentagram City, Fearagut North, Shady Grave, or Bat-thesda anyone? Keep reading…