Posts tagged Hawthorne
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How DC can build more homes in exclusive neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park
It’s hard to build nearly anything other than a single-family house in DC’s wealthiest and most exclusive neighborhoods. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s stated goal to build 36,000 units of new housing in DC by 2025 is likely to run up against the fact that neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park, which are zoned nearly entirely for single-family homes, don’t allow denser types of homes by default. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Waterfall
Metro chasing waterfalls; Battle in the sidewalks; FBI will not come cheap; Garvey on the Pike; Wanting more in NoMa; Where the bikes go; Where the trains go; Desegregating deductions; For all the infrastructure in China. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Think outside the car
The right way to talk about performance parking; Sign for streetcars; Do parking spaces vote in Gaithersburg?; Tough to shake the cell phone habit; Reduce crash injuries, unsafe driving, or just driving?; The Idaho Stop is safer; Hawthorne’s sidewalk “war”; And…. Keep reading…
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Missing sidewalks stir debate
Streets in DC that lack sidewalks often coincide with high concentrations of seniors, who need sidewalks all the more. At a recent hearing on DDOT’s budget, Marlene Berlin, head of the DC Senior Transportation Initiative for IONA Senior Services, presented maps showing the sections of DC with the most senior citizens, many of which are also the most lacking in sidewalks. Keep reading…